I always tell people that I prefer to let one company monopolize me at a time… hence, my love for Google. Because you can do so many things with it! Here are my top favorite Google applications I use, and how they relate to ministry: Google Inbox. For starters, you have to have a Google email… Continue reading Google and Ministry
Because you can’t make a list of three things without remembering the Wizard of Oz. Anyway. Triple-down today, ladies and gentlemen! Three categories, with three sub-tips for each. Let’s get started… Fonts Unique but legible. There’s nothing wrong with using a unique font occasionally… as long as it’s legible. Some of the most challenging fonts… Continue reading Fonts, Colors, and Themes… oh my!
I’ve noticed an imbalance in my life lately, and I know why: I’ve let all my habits fall to the wayside in favor of just pushing through life on the bare minimum. Thank goodness for ROW80: now I have some motivation to get my head back on straight!! I’m breaking my goals into 3 categories… Continue reading ROW80 Round 4 Goals: Body, Mind, and Soul
Need a quick header? Or a quote on an image? Or an ad to run on social media? Look no further than Pablo. Pablo is hosted by Buffer (we’ll talk about Buffer later in the month), and is a fantastic free photo creator that I use religiously (pub intended, as I work for a church).… Continue reading Pablo: My Favorite Quick-Photo-Fix
Ministries often get a bad rap for their websites… Some parishes really do have great sites, and some… don’t. Check out your website’s flow in three quick steps: Take a minute and Google your parish. Does it turn up in the results? If it does, that’s a great first start! If not, talk to your… Continue reading What’s on YOUR website?
As I begin this series on Technology in Ministry (henceforth abbreviated as TiM), I want to make something clear: Technology is not Ministry. Technological savviness does not make you a good minister… nor does it make you a bad one. The foundation of all ministry in the Catholic Church is the person of Jesus Christ… Continue reading TiM: a Word on Focus and Purpose
This morning, I broke 60K words on my novel! I was really hoping to have written 65K over the month of September, but let’s stop and be real for a second… I have 60,000 words written towards my novel, all accomplished in the span of one month! I should really break out the champagne Irish… Continue reading 5 Things SeptNoWriMo Taught Me about NaNoWriMo
My sister showed me this fun app called Prisma and I’ve been playing with the filters all morning. My favorite is this one of our cat, Precious (and yes, her name is a LOTR reference): What I really like about this picture us the horse bookend in the background. It deserves a story all… Continue reading Dramatic Cat Story Prompt
Journaling helps me process. But occasionally there’s something I need go write about that I just can’t let other people happen across. For a variety of reasons. Rather than burning the paper or shredding it or coming up with some creative (and potentially ineffective) way to destroy my writing after it’s been written, I use… Continue reading Writer’s Tip: Invisible Journaling
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Recently, a friend of mine shared a picture on social media. It was a list of “words” that described things people often feel, but do not know what to call that feeling. It was the first entry that caught my attention. “Sonder: The realization that each passerby has a…
Millennial Creativity 