Podcasting: A Guide For Churches
Podcast is a word that gets thrown around quite a bit but its definition isn’t always clear. So what is podcasting? Why does it matter for churches? How does one create their own podcast?
Popular Content Management Systems (CMS’s) for Church Websites – Our Research Results
We wrote a web crawling script to research the most popular content management systems used by church websites. We gathered data on 1,600 churches, and our web crawler inspected those 1600 church websites in late 2015. This article describes what we learned. Initially, we were tempted to title this post “The Best Content Management Systems…
Top WordPress Pitfalls for Church Websites
What are the top three WordPress pitfalls people face when building a church website? WordPress pitfalls? Wait, isn’t WordPress supposed to be wonderful? Yes. And it is. But then, taking a road through the Rocky Mountains is gorgeous and worthwhile — and you still need to be careful driving! It’s the same principle with building a…
The Three Biggest Excuses People Make for Neglecting Their Church Websites
There are three main ways churches often neglect their websites: NOT having a website at all. NOT updating the design of your website to keep pace with advancements in web technology. Most designs have a “shelf life” of three to five years. NOT logging in to the website and updating pages on a regular schedule, e.g….
Psalm 6, How Long, O Lord
A musical adaptation of Psalm 6, by Karl Kohlhase. “A prayer for consolation in times of grief, sorrow and depression.” The song begins: “Reprove me not in your anger, LORD, nor chastise me in your rage. Have mercy, LORD, in compassion heal, both soul and body in pain.
Psalm 6 – Heal Me
A new recording of Psalm 6 by the The Psalms Project Band, featuring the voice of Deryck Box. The song begins: “Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger, or chasten me in your wrath. Be merciful to me, for I am weak…” Matthew Henry says in his commentary on Psalm 6: “David was a…
Psalm 1 – How Blessed Is the Man
A live back alley recording of Psalm 1 – How Blessed Is the Man – sung by Jody Killingsworth of My Soul Among Lions, a group “dedicated to restoring the Book of Psalms to its place in Christian worship.” The group released their first album Psalms 1-10, on March 8, 2016. Psalm 1 Text Psalm 1…
Psalm 5 – Example Video
An example video from My Soul Among Lions, a group from Bloomington, IN – dedicated to recording, promoting and singing the Psalms.