Jason Reynolds Life and Times

Web Ministry ideas the summary

// August 11th, 2006 // 1 Comment » // Miscellaneous, Web Ministry

In the remainder of August and possibly into September I plan to post “web ministry” ideas which have crossed my mind at various points. I can’t guarantee they are all original or have never been done, but only that they are not mainstream and common. I imagine there will be an aggregate of church and parachurch focused ideas, as well as ideas that work better for specific audiences within a constituent base. In other words, these ideas won’t be all things to all people and will not fit every ministries’ strategy, style, or culture. I have created a tag/category called “web ministry”, so click on it to see all my postings on the topic. Also, please feel free to comment on the ideas, make suggestions, or generally call me out on something that is too idealistic. Check back soon!

Refreshing Interviews

// August 4th, 2006 // No Comments » // Business, Career, Christianity, Leadership, Management, Ministry

Rarely in an interview with a potential employer do you have a discussion and it goes well.

By “discussion”, I mean that you feel valued and encouraged to continue on in who you are, and the potential employer walks away with something they didn’t have before. Some piece of wisdom or an idea which they had not conceived just yet. This makes the time equitable for both sides. A discussion interview is a dialogue between equal parties. It has elements of the sweet talk of a guy courting a girl, but also elements of an online compatibility test wherein the data is the data and the fit is the fit.

Indescribable Louie Giglio

// August 3rd, 2006 // No Comments » // Christianity, Ministry, Miscellaneous, Theology

The Indescribable talk by Louie Giglio has to be one of my favorite talks of his. I was at the first Passion Conference in Austin. I was at the second Passion Conference. I was at the third Passion Conference. I have heard him speak since then… and still consider myself part of the 268Generation (though he and his staff may not include me in that).

Writers Block

// August 1st, 2006 // No Comments » // Business, Reading, Writing

Glenn Lucke at the Common Grounds Online Blog has an interesting summary of a Chris Anderson piece from publishers weekly:

Would-Be Writers:

• Statistics on Books Sales in the US 950,000 titles out of 1.2 million tracked by Nielsen Bookscan sold fewer than 99 copies
• Another 200,000 sold fewer than 1,000 copies
• Only 25,000 sold more than 5,000 copies
• The average book in America sells about 500 copies
• Only 10 books sold more than a million copies