When working to improve a church’s website or search engine optimization (SEO), one of the first questions I ask is, “what is your church’s greatest strength?” Typically I the answers I get fall into 2 categories. Either they say, “well, we’re pretty good at all of it.” Or they have a more generic but aspirational [...]
On my computer, I have a folder called “wedding.” No, it isn’t my wedding photo album. It is my 2 year old daughter’s wedding album. I’m collecting the most embarrassing, awkward and hilarious pictures and videos that I can get of her. I like to think of it as a kind of modern dowry. I [...]
In my early 20s I lived in Guatemala for a year. Prior to that I had lived my entire life in a small town in Ohio… in a log cabin. I knew more Pennsylvania Dutch (a form of German that the Amish speak), than I did Spanish. But I packed my bags, hopped on a [...]
There are three possible reasons that you are reading this article now. The first is that you are already aware of church SEO, and are just checking in to see if there is anything new or up to date that you need to know about. Welcome! We’re glad to have you here and hope to [...]
What was the best idea that you’ve ever had? I’ve had a long history of brilliant ideas. The problem is that most of them had a fatal flaw. For example, in the 90s, I had the brilliant idea of inventing a way to order pizza online (fatal flaw: someone did it nearly a decade before [...]
Matthew 28:1 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. 2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. [...]
Matthew 27:57 As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. 58 Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. 59 Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 and placed [...]
John 19:17 Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). 18 There they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle. 19 Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: jesus of nazareth,the [...]
Matthew 27:11 Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied. 12 When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer.13 Then Pilate asked him, “Don’t you hear the testimony they are bringing against [...]
Matthew 26:57 Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the teachers of the law and the elders had assembled. 58 But Peter followed him at a distance, right up to the courtyard of the high priest.He entered and sat down with the guards to see the outcome. 59 The [...]
