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Tools of the Trade: GTDAgenda

Posted in Resources, Software, productivity on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve been asked by Dan at GTKAgenda to review their online task management/ planning application. I’ve mentioned previously Todoist which I used for awhile. After a few days of internet outage (web access issues is one drawback to being a country parson) I began using tools that don’t require an internet connection. [...]

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Homosexual man sues Bible publishers for Emotional Distress

Posted in News, Software on July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Two links:
http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2008/07/10/2
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=69147
I noticed that his blog on Barack Obama’s website appears to have been removed.

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Tools of the Trade: The Sword Project

Posted in Resources, Software on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

When I started getting my first regular paycheck as a minister I purchased the fanciest Bible Software I could find, at the time it was Logos and cost over $400.  I used it, but I never used all of the features or books that it came with.  For the most part I used one Bible [...]

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Why Churches should use Open Source, pt. 5: The Software

Posted in Resources, Software on January 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »

A few years ago our Church did a Yard Giveaway. Instead of having families take items to charity donation boxes, we wanted to try to recycle items in our own community. We had everyone clean out their closet so we could give stuff away to people who might need it — no one [...]

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Why Churches Should Use Open Source, pt. 4: Responsibility

Posted in Resources, Software on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

In this last post of reasons churches should consider using open source computer tools I will be discussing responsibility.  In particular our responsibility to keep parishioners information private and our responsibility to keep records accessible for future generations.
Security 
Computers used for churches will probably have some very sensitive and private information.  At the minimum a church [...]

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Why Churches Should Use Open Source, Part 3: Stewardship

Posted in Resources, Software on January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Last week I discusses some of the common values the Church has with open source software.  This week I wanted to look at another reason Churches should consider Open Source — Stewardship.  The Church is responsible for money and other resources that others have entrusted to them as an offering to God.  Therefore, congregations and [...]

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Why Churches should use Open Source, Part 2: Common Values

Posted in Resources, Software, productivity on January 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Last week I tried to explain what open source and open formats are. This week, before looking at more practical reasons, I want to touch on the first reasons, namely that churches and the open source community share a lot of the same values.
I’m convinced that too much of the church (here in [...]

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Tools of the trade: Essential PIM

Posted in Resources, Software on December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I’m planning on posting resource ideas on Wednesdays.  I’ll post info on blogs, books, and other items I find useful or interesting.  Some will be specifically related to the work of ministry, others more general.  Today I’ll mention EssentialPIM a Windows program that keeps track of contacts, todo lists, calendar and notes.  (I don’t currently [...]

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