Theodicy and Hurricane Katrina

Last Updated April 1, 2009 by Matt

We had an interesting exercise in my seminary class last week, and I thought I would post it. The class is Overview of Christian Teachings, a basic theology class. we were studying the nature of providence and the professor provided the following prompt. My response is below. “The editor of Faith & Values has called […]

Review: Francis Chan’s Crazy Love DVD

Last Updated August 20, 2015 by Matt

Although I don’t know very much about Francis Chan, I do know that he seems to be getting a lot of press lately. His recent gig as one of the keynote speakers at the National Youth Workers Convention has also thrust him into the forefront of many youth ministers. His Crazy Love DVD is supposed […]

We Need More Politicians Like This

Last Updated March 30, 2009 by Matt

Check out this YouTube video on this mayor from Canada. She’s been mayor for 31 years, is 81 88 years old, plays hockey, and runs her city debt-free with $700 million in reserves. I haven’t done any fact-checking, so I’m not sure what the “other side” of the story is, but I’m not sure I […]

Signs You are in a Funk

Last Updated March 25, 2009 by Matt

Maybe no one else experiences this, but my life seems to run in cycles of varying levels of contentment and productivity. The majority of the time I feel like things are clicking along, life is in order, things that need to be done are getting done. Recently, however, I have been in one of my […]

Church WordPress Plugins

Last Updated March 23, 2009 by Matt

In order to make the most out of your church website using WordPress, you are going to need to install a few plugins. Plugins are ways to extend the functionality of the core funtcions of WordPress and make your website do exactly what you want it to do. Installing plugins is now extremely easy. In […]

New Free WordPress Theme Added

Last Updated March 20, 2009 by Matt

I added another free theme on my Picking a WordPress Theme post. You might want to check it out. As happens sometimes in life, you don’t do things as early as you had hoped. I didn’t get my next post in the How I Built a Church Website for Free series until late today, and […]

BlueHost.com Offering $3.95 a Month Web Hosting

Last Updated March 19, 2009 by Matt

If you’ve been following the series I’ve been doing on how to create a church website at minimal cost, you have noticed that I recommend BlueHost.com for the needs of most churches. Well, I’m not sure how long ago this changed or how long it will last, but right now BlueHost.com is offering web hosting […]

Our Government at Work, Again: AIG

Last Updated March 18, 2009 by Matt

I’ve been really busy the past couple of days. The next post in the building a church website series will get posted tomorrow or Friday. Now, on to AIG. I’m quite disturbed by what I’m hearing. On of the reasons I didn’t like either of the bailouts (the one last fall by Paulson and the […]

Best Church WordPress Themes

Last Updated January 2, 2016 by Matt

You’re looking for a free WordPress theme for your church, right? I know, I’ve been there. I’ve used WordPress since 2006 and use it to manage my church’s website. After doing this for all these years, I’ve learned one thing: paying for themes is usually worth it. Here’s why: It will save you hours upon […]