We are already one. But we imagine that we are not. And what we have to recover is our original unity. What we have to be is what we are.

Thomas Merton

We Need Both Kinds of Digital Ministry

If you’re scrolling through TikTok or Reels or Shorts (or all three?!) and your algorithm has you at all cornered as the progressive theology, spiritual, deconstruction type, then your feed will likely be filled with Dan McClellan, Lizzy Mcmanus-Dail, Gerlyn Henry, Kristian A. Smith, Brandan Robertson, and more. And while I will gladly tap and…
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You Are Us, You “Count”

Nearly without fail, the attendance taker on Sunday worship is at a loss on how to count those that watch online. I mean logistically I get it, the attendance taker can only “count” the units that show up in Facebook analytics or chat in while watching live. A “unit” could be one person or three…
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Transform Your Online Worship: Watch Your Own Livestream

Here’s a question worth sitting with: when was the last time you actually watched your church’s livestream – start to finish, as a viewer, not as the person running the board? If the honest answer is “never” or “not in a long time,” you’re not alone. Most congregations set up a camera, hit record, and…
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