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return to church : a few chuckles at ourselves
i had some great giggles today watching these videos on 'return to church' (tip from ian at youthblog). it had me thinking of some of the tricks that we are used to get people 'in the door' and that when...

Posted 11-17-2009 8:50 PM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson

kleenex & tissues : talking about the holy spirit
kleenex & tissues and the Holy Spirit from Gavin Richardson on Vimeo. last week i went to hang with my friends at the nashville cohort. we had our annual, 'what are you thinking about' session. one of the questions had...

Posted 10-07-2009 9:20 AM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson

chris brogan on evangelism : being there before the sale
chris brogan : be there before the sale : relationship in marketing & evangelism from Gavin Richardson on Vimeo. so i took in that live web event last week with chris brogan and i've been pondering on some of what...

Posted 10-02-2009 8:32 AM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson

theology of twitter : spirituality and social media
emergent conversant, fellow social media friend, steve knight put together this presentation on a theology of twitter. it has some great content. maybe the greatest content is him quoting me from my spirituality and social media series i did with...

Posted 09-12-2009 8:39 PM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson

radical discipleship : shane claiborne at duke chapel
one of my youth sent me this.. its really great when your teens send you stuff.

Posted 07-25-2009 2:12 PM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson

methodist amendment mashup : its what you get for going on youtube maxie
a lot has been said over the latest rage in methodism, taking your political viewpoints to youtube. one thing maxie dunham, who seems to have started this should have done his homework on is the concept of mashup's. cause buddy,...

Posted 05-28-2009 5:17 PM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson

don't confuse who you are actually reaching : why i say your church tech stuff is lame
in my recent presentation at podcamp nashville on spirituality and social media i was talking specifically about podcasting when i made statement along the lines of 'sermon podcasts are lame.' i believe that statement.. really i do. i have posted...

Posted 03-11-2009 7:03 AM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson

where is our hope : dealing with the downturn
this comes from a pastor friend ryan bennett, who posted this on his facebook. thought it was worthwhile sharing today.Well, the news is out today. The economy is bad - real bad. Recession is giving way to talk of Depression....

Posted 03-03-2009 6:08 PM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson

the future of church : a green life returns to what we knew
a few weeks back i was in a conversation where we were talking about the future of the church. i made some statement, not slamming the megachurch, but being less than kind to the megachurch as the future of church....

Posted 02-07-2009 9:15 AM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson

look back into the past : the things that were about this time years ago
in my on going toss out of lifting up some of the archives of this blog from similar time period over the years. i jumped in on some oovoo conversations with marketing & tech type people (pretty sure i was...

Posted 02-03-2009 9:11 AM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson

online disciple : experiment in being a facilitator
many of you, my faithful readers know that community can happen over the bits & bytes of the internet. the folks behind the disciple study series are seeking to cultivate some disciple communities that will study and grow together. they...

Posted 01-23-2009 1:01 PM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd

congress on evangelism : blogger bishop meet up
tuesday was my second day at the congress on evangelism. i took in two workshop sessions, one with mike slaughter of ginghamsburg notoriety, and bishop robert schnase of 5 fruitful practices notoriety. the cool part, and the anticipated moment for...

Posted 01-08-2009 7:19 PM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd

the purple church : reaching the early adopters
i was pondering my earlier post about how my church misses the mark in some of these marketing attempts things and getting their message (which i believe to be good) to the mass. i felt sorta bad because i made...

Posted 01-05-2009 4:27 PM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd

stirring the pot : back to sex week challenge
my article for the united methodist reporter got picked up by the dallas morning news religion blog. as i'd expect there are folks who disagree with me. that's perfectly okay. not a problem with that. i disagreed with pastor ed,...

Posted 01-02-2009 12:55 PM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd

desiring the undesirable : homeless and hungry in our world
i ran into rudy rasmus this summer at soulfeast at lake junaluska. i wasn't a participant of soulfeast, but i got to meet him cause my people knew his people and i am just so important.. not really. he was...

Posted 12-30-2008 7:43 AM by Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd

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