Living Open Source

One feature that most church blogs need is a way to manage some kind of events calendar. This is one feature you need a WordPress plugin to achieve, and one which is more difficult if you are running on WordPress.com.

At last a Christian video site where people actually share stuff for free! This site aims to be the Christian equivalent of YouTube, making it easier to find stuff to show on your church projector this Sunday to illustrate your sermon.

One advantage of using the train is being able to read. So last week’s jaunt down to Brighton meant I got round to reading Rowan Williams’ latest book, Tokens of Trust. This is the Archbishop’s introduction to Christian Belief which takes a walk through the Apostle’s Creed and the Nicene Creed in order to paint [...]

This week’s lectionary (Acts 16:11-15) grabs the resize handle and expands the dimensions of what you and I call church, even further.

When you buy a new PC, you always forget to include another £200-£300 for a version of Microsoft Office, which these days doubles the price of a new PC. Church people irritatingly call those projector things “PowerPoint”, brainwashed with the Microsoft way and willingly hand over bundles of cash for Office. But there is another [...]