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The NFL vs. The Church

written by Blake Atwood | Monday, February 4, 2008

Slashdot may have the best headline: Thou Shalt Not View the Super Bowl on a 56″ Screen.

Last year, the NFL began cracking down on churches hosting Super Bowl parties. So this year, it seems to be another hot topic. Many churches heeded the warning and (continue)

Blogs on Church and Tech

written by Blake Atwood
Monday, January 7, 2008

Since BetaChurch has been on a new content hiatus, I offer you a list of the sites I check for fresh content at the intersection of faith and culture. Feel free to leave your own oft-visited sites in the comments. See the sites after the jump…

Worship Goes Big-Screen and Hi-Fi

written by Ben Dubow
Tuesday, September 25, 2007

There was an interesting article in today’s Washington Post about churches and the use of technology, especially in worship. I thought it was a good article and well-balanced, though was certainly breaking no new ground on the issue. I liked it because St. Paul’s Collegiate Church was mentioned and small church plants from […]

Nothing Cooler than Kuler

written by Blake Atwood
Friday, September 14, 2007

I’m enthralled that more and more free web apps are coming from the big names like Google and Adobe. Adobe is poised to release a free web-version of Photoshop and an online version of Premiere has already been created, although it’s known as YouTube’s Remixer. But even cooler than those apps is Kuler. Kuler allows you to create, upload, view, vote on, search, tag, or generally be enamored by color schemes. It’s a web…

MediaShout Express

written by Blake Atwood
Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Can’t justify replacing PowerPoint with a $400 piece of software? Maybe it’s time to take the $200 plunge and get the newly released MediaShout Express, the stripped down version of the popular presentation software created specifically for churches. Download this pdf for the differences between their Express and Standard versions.

We’ve used the full version of MediaShout for years now and we’ve never looked back…

Collide Magazine

written by Blake Atwood
Thursday, July 12, 2007

From CollideMagazine.com: Collide Magazine is dedicated to exploring the use of media in all its forms to communicate spiritual truth and enhance the worship experience. What they’re all about:
• Seeing God’s fingerprints in media
• The roles of media and the Church in culture
• Media resources that communicate Truth
• The creative use of media and technology in ministry

The magazine is currently taking subscriptions at…