Thursday, April 10, 2008

Dinner, coffee, blogs.

I was fortunate enough to have dinner with Adam Wren and Jon Bell last Friday night at the FlatTop Grill here in Fort Wayne. It was great to meet up with these guys and spend time catching up over dinner and at Starbucks afterwards.

One of the topics that came up had to do with the ways we’d each been keeping up with music, films, politics and the world around us, specifically since leaving behind the college days where keeping up with these areas was almost automatic. Having to be a little more intentional to stay up with the times, the blogosphere has become one of our main resources of current news, trends and changing times.

We decided to exchange emails with the specific blogs we wanted to share, but I thought a blog post itself may be more convenient while also inviting others into the conversation. So, below are a few of my frequently read blogs that you may find interesting. Please respond with your own.

Seth Godin. Call him an idea man. His posts are succinct, direct, and incredibly insightful.
Church Marketing Sucks. The name says it all.
TechTheology. God, ministry, technology and music.

One more thing. Heard of a blog reader? Check this out if you haven’t. It'll save tons of time.

3 comments:

dwpoyner said...

Thanks for the TechTheology link! Glad you enjoy the site! If you have ideas of things you would like to see on the site, let us know!

Marc Buwalda said...

No problem man. I actually just found it this week from the Collide links to your post of church websites. I'm part of the communications group at my church currently trying to totally revamp our website, newsletter and church bulletin. Very helpful stuff. Thanks a lot

::athada:: said...

I use Bloglines.com & check it once a day, vs. checking 30 blogs once a day. It tells me which ones have been updated.

A time saver? Perhaps... but it also allows me to add blogs that I might not otherwise look at. America is one of the most energy/time/work efficient countries in the world, as well as one of the most stressed/overwhelmed/overconsumptive societies.

Ok, sorry about getting philosophical about a dumb website. Just wanted to recommend it with a caveat.