Ekklesia 360

If you’ve ever been in a room of software or developer geniuses, you know how intimidating tech talk can be. It’s full of acronyms and nicknames: AJAX, dither, cache, HTML tags, and it goes on and on. It can almost feel like they’re speaking a foreign...

Most household grocery lists start with the same things: eggs, milk, bread, apples…and then they divide into lists tailored to each family’s eating habits. Those first four items, though––those are the essentials. They’re the items that almost every...

You don’t. You can do it. You know blue is calming; you know green evokes growth and health. You probably know better than to use Comic Sans. You can look at a site and know you want to make yours “like that.” Why would you pay someone else to tell you...

Are you on the edge of boredom or burnout? You know the old joke, “What’s the opposite of ennui?” The answer is the horrible pun, “off-we.” It’s important to keep focused on your job, but sometimes you just have to mix it up a little and find a new...

Anything your church creates and promotes can be loosely called content. Sermons, videos, member stories, slideshows, and podcasts are all content that your church is making. If it helps your church members grow in their faith and connect deeper to the...

My computer screen is a sea of tabs and windows––all leading to different web pages, topics, and tasks. Sometimes I feel like I’m getting whiplash from bouncing between my monitors. But very little of my work is that urgent, so why do I let this bad...

As a church communicator, you’ve got a pretty sweet gig. You get to share information to reach people for the Lord. What better job is there? However, it’s so easy to get stuck in the day-to-day of all your to-do lists and seemingly never-ending requests.

“Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.”

Proverbs 16:1-3

You’re committed to the work of your church. You’ve established your plans, and your heart is dedicated to the work of your faith. But some weeks, it feels like there is...

If you regularly follow the news, you know what it’s like when you miss a few morning broadcasts. You’ve missed a part of your AM routine––and it’s obvious. After just a few days, you can’t name the frontrunners in the current political campaign, and...

You know how much church management software can do. Because our world has become so tech-savvy and automation-focused, almost every church communicator has begun to rely on it to some degree. You get that a church management system (ChMS) isn’t just a...