According to this MSNBC article, a Swedish group that pushes for digital piracy has been awarded government approval to become an “official church.” This group, which gets it’s name from the Swedish word for “copyme”, has been trying for over a year to get the church registered with the government. The church says on it’s [...]

Facebook is an interesting place.  When it started the goal was to befriend as many people as possible and finding friends there was a fun experience. Then, something happened.  The number of people on the site exploded and with that growth came the experience of being friended by someone from your long past that you [...]

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has released a study that suggests there is a clear link between spending time at church and lower blood pressure.  The study was part of a larger health study called HUNT.  According to the findings, the more time in church , the better. “We found that the [...]

The good folks over at ChurchRelevance.com have released their annual list of the top church logos out there.  Of course, in today’s graphically intense world every church needs a great logo. We love the diversity of churches represented on this list as well as all the different graphical approaches of the various logos. Check the [...]

The folks over at AllFacebook.com released an infographic about the usage of games on Facebook and it’s truly mind-blowing.  Check it out. Perhaps some church should create some sort of Facebook game that ultimately leads to an invitation to church.  Perhaps that’s a lame idea but I can’t help but feel that this trend needs [...]

Apple has just announced that tomorrow they’ll be  streaming one of their keynote events live.  Here’s the quote. Apple® will broadcast its September 1 event online using Apple’s industry-leading HTTP Live Streaming, which is based on open standards. Viewing requires either a Mac® running Safari® on Mac OS® X version 10.6 Snow Leopard®, an iPhone® [...]

Facebook recently announce on their developers blog that they now have 150 million “active” mobile users.  As I wrote here, you just can’t afford to ignore Facebook.  These mobile numbers are very interesting though and add a new wrinkle.  It’s clear to me that churches need a strong mobile presence on top of everything else [...]

PastorGear tweeted last week that Amazon claimed to be selling a lot more ebooks than traditional books.  We assumed that meant hardback books.  But now, Pocket-lint.com is reporting that Amazon says that ebooks will eclipse even paperback sells next year.   The most amazing quote is this… “Sometime after that we will start selling more Kindle [...]