Living Open Source

Just finished PSI, another WordPress theme designed with churches in mind. Well, it may interest others too, who are after a more CMS type theme.
Smaller churches don’t have enough going on to post continually, so the emphasis with this theme is more towards static pages. Even so all the latest posts still appear down the [...]

Mission-Shaped Church is a report published by the Anglican Church which very neatly summaries the state of church in the UK and surveys some of the emerging movements within and without. This is an essential resource for anyone thinking about the future of church in this country. It is available in paperback for about

I thought it was time to reboot my own site with a home grown theme. I’m running with my BETA theme for now. Let me know if you notice any gremlins in your browser.
Feel free to download this theme from my projects page and use it yourself.
I have fixed a couple of problems in this [...]

The latest single from The Beautiful South, all about Manchester and the rain. This is where I grew up - so it’s a great song!
From Cheetham Hill to Wythenshawe it’s rain
Gorton, Salford, Sale pretty much the same
What makes Britain Great,
Makes Manchester yet greater…
Rain!
And you can watch the video right now!

I got into WordPress, recognising it was a great solution for church websites. My first WP theme designed specifically for churches has been downloaded 109 times to date too. So I thought I’d keep a note of where WordPress is working for churches. Those using my LivingOS Alpha theme:

Vincent United Methodist, Minot, [...]