Author: Mike

Twelve Days of Free Videos from WorshipHouse Media 0

Twelve Days of Free Videos from WorshipHouse Media

Here’s a quick way to build up your library of sermon illustration videos. Check out the Christmas special from WorshipHouse Media. They are offering twelve free videos, so you’ll have to check their site...

Skype and Mission Work 0

Skype and Mission Work

This week is a new experience for me. While I’m at home with our two boys, ages 7 and 11, my wife and 13 year old daughter are on a mission trip in Nicaragua....

A Great Way to Create Video Intros 0

A Great Way to Create Video Intros

I stumbled on this web service and I think it has a lot of promise for churches and youth ministries. The next time you are working on a video intro for a sermon series...

Physical Discipline 0

Physical Discipline

Have you ever looked down at the scale and wondered how the number got that high? For me, I finally took a long hard look and realized that I need to make a few...

Cornerstone is Awesome 1

Cornerstone is Awesome

Our church really surprised me a couple of weeks ago for Pastor Appreciation month. They had secretly collected money and bought me a brand new iPad 2, keyboard, and case. Not only that, they...

Where to Find It: Images and Stock Photos 0

Where to Find It: Images and Stock Photos

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Where to Find It

If you are needing images for your bulletin, website, or video screens, there are a number of places you find them on the internet. Please don’t use cheesy clipart!!! Clipart was really never in...

Only144.com – Good Resources at a Cheap Price 0

Only144.com – Good Resources at a Cheap Price

If you’re looking for some great resources in church media, then check out only144.com. They have almost $1200 of church videos, images, and graphics available at a cost of less than $100. The only...

Cool Technology 0

Cool Technology

This is one of the coolest things I have seen in the technology world (no pun intended) How do you make a thermostat sexy? You let a former iPod designer work his magic on...

Where to Find It: Sermon Graphics 2

Where to Find It: Sermon Graphics

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Where to Find It

If you are at a church with a full staff of graphic designers and videographers, this post probably won’t apply to you. But for the majority of churches, when you want to have great...

Where to Find It: Video Backgrounds 3

Where to Find It: Video Backgrounds

This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Where to Find It

I’m starting a new series here on the blog to help people find resources. If you’re in a small or medium size church with a small budget, then this series is especially for you....

The Sticks 0

The Sticks

I had the great opportunity to spend a few days at a church conference called The Sticks with a few of our leaders from Cornerstone. ThisĀ conferenceĀ is different in that it is geared towards churches...