Living Open Source

Water from the rock (as with Moses) or water from a well (the Samaritan Woman), it all points in the same direction. Living water for thirsty souls. Places to to take on water along the journey, encounters with God along the way. This Flickr photo says it all for this week’s lectionary readings.

Churches are generally terrible at marketing. It probably doesn’t matter as much as some suggest, but help can be found. If you are looking to improve your skills and get some valuable feedback on your work then you should join the Church Marketing Lab group on Flickr.
Started by the people behind Church Marketing Sucks, [...]

Just by swapping the Yahoo logo at the bottom of the page for theirs, Microsoft are sure to ruin Flickr. I tried all the alternatives like Picassa. Got my fingers burnt hosting my own. There is nothing like Flickr. So what will we all do if Microsoft starts meddling with it?
Join the KEEP YOUR EVlL [...]

A while ago I reviewed a number of online sources of royalty-free images. While most of these permit you to use images created by others, being certain of what rights you have to reuse and redistribute is not that clear and you nearly always need to contact the originator before you use the image for [...]

I’ve just started a new Lectionary Flickr group for anybody that is interested. If you have a Flickr account you can join this visual and creative way of reflecting on the lectionary readings each week. Simply upload your images to a Flickr account, join the Lectionary group and then in the Flickr Organiser you can [...]