OK, Everyone Open Your Apps to John 3:16…

We’ve talked a lot about Bibles on your phone and using technology at church… but what about phones at church? I was intrigued by an article on Baptist Press that highlights a pastor in Oklahoma who asks his congregation every Sunday to open their Bibles… or Bible apps… to the day’s sermon. This might sound […]

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Roku + Church= Awesome

Roku. The little box that lets you stream movies, shows and music on your TV. In a post on Churchcrunch.com from a few months ago, I learned about how Northland, A Church Distributed, was the first to pave the way for a live church channel on Roku. They found a way to use this new technology […]

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I Just Read A Cool Story

And I think you’ll like it, too. Every day, if time allows, I go to Google Reader and catch up on the latest church and tech blogs that I follow. Many are very entertaining, many are very informative, and many are very moving… but they don’t always bring about the inspiration for my next post. […]

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How We Stay Ahead With Technology

Have you seen the Best Buy commercial that pokes fun at the ever-changing world of technology? It shows scenarios of peoples’ hilarious reactions after they have just purchased what they thought was the latest gadget, only to be shown the newer and better version that’s already out on the market. I love the part where a […]

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The Shelby Team: Maggie Canady (Marketing Manager)

Maggie Canady is my next victim in “The Shelby Team” series. These posts are where I am highlighting different people from every department here at Shelby Systems and finding more out about their deep, dark secrets. Well OK, maybe not going that deep… but Maggie is definitely a fun one to write about because: She […]

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Spreading the Gospel

Remember the game Telephone? Remember how a bunch of people would sit in a large circle, one person would whisper a sentence to the person sitting next to them, and by the time the sentence traveled through the whole circle, it would be a completely different sentence? Have you ever thought about how Christianity can […]

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Oh Springtime…

Yesterday was the first day of Spring! For me, this means sunshine, plants blooming, and good things ahead. I didn’t mind this past winter, even though we had more snowfall in Memphis than we’ve had in a very long time. I figure if it’s going to be cold, it might as well snow. Then again, […]

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St. Patrick’s Day

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Much like Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated by people of all races and religions, but was actually started hundreds of years ago from… you guessed it… a saint. St. Patrick is probably the most widely recognized saint of Ireland. According to History.com, he held religious feasts each year on March 17, […]

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