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The Passion Button

July 23, 2010 — Leave a comment

A few days ago, my brother-in-law was cleaning out his office and found a preaching cassette dating back to Dec 18, 2005. I was the preacher.

Yesterday I finally popped that old-school cassette into my car’s built-in dashboard cassette player (Yes, I drive a 2002 Accord). If there was one thing that struck me about my early preaching days, I’d say it was the passion with which I preached.

As I reflected upon it for a while I realized a couple of things that we need to keep in check:

  • Passion is a strong emotive word that should be a part of every Christian’s life
  • We must be passionate about our pursuit of God
  • Our passion for (insert noun) _________ (people, ministry, music, etc…) should never be greater than our passion for God
  • We must let nothing else (the flesh) push our passion button but God (and our wives).

How passionate have you been lately? Are you pursuing the right passion?

What us your passionate pursuit? Let me know – I’d love to hear your story!

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The Technology Place for Nonprofits

July 17, 2010 — 4 Comments

A while back, a friend from Montreal told me about a website that provides technology (hardware, software, etc..) at seriously low cost. TechSoup Stock brings technology donations to nonprofits.

From what I understand, Major corporations donate their products for qualifying nonprofits (i.e. the Church) and they only pay an admin fee for the product.

An example is Adobe’s Creative Suite 5 – Design Premium (CS5)

  • Adobe.com: US$1,899
  • Techsoup.org: US$160 (which is basically an admin fee)

My church is currently in the process of registering. I love it when I see this kind of stuff happening in the “business” world!

Is your nonprofit/church already on board with TechSoup? If so, I’d love to hear how it has blessed what you do.

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Worship Rises EP – Available Today!

July 12, 2010 — Leave a comment

Back on March 23, 2010, Pris and I were planning to go to a Paul Baloche Concert in St. Catherines, ON. If I remember correctly, I saw a tweet that day from my friend, Luis Vargas (WorshipApps), saying that he was on his way to St. Catherines earlly that morning to meet up with a bunch of Canadian worship leaders to write songs. What proceeded was an abundance of tweeted messages, pics and videos of their writing sessions. To be honest, I thought to myself, “How could I have not known about this”? What’s more is that at the concert they kept mentioning how this group of worship leaders/pastors got together earlier that day.

In my quest to find out how i missed this type of thing, once we got to the concert venue, I saw Luis and had to ask him what this “Worship Rises” stuff was all about and how I could get in, and stay in the loop. Enter Chris Vacher. I started following Chris on twitter and have not missed a beat since!

So what is my involvement with Worship Rises? Although I still have not been to one of the writing sessions, I am a firm believer in what is being accomplished – bringing Canadian worship pastors/leaders together to develop worship resources for & from the Canadian church.

On this note, today I am pleased to let you know that the Worship Rises EP is live on iTunes. It launches across all digital platforms for under $4. You should buy it and consider it an investment in the Canadian territory of the kingdom of God.

Follow Worship Rises (Facebook // Twitter)

To find out more info and learn how you can help, check out Chris’ Blog here

Here’s a taste of the title track, Worship Rises:

Worship Rises (Live In Chicago) from Joshua Seller on Vimeo.

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MailChimp iPad app

July 9, 2010 — Leave a comment

For the last two years I’ve been using MailChimp to send out mass emails at my church.

Recently, I noticed an iPad app that they have launched to allow us to easily collect email addresses. In a church setting, I can see this being used in the lobby after a service, or at conferences and concerts.

Here’s what MailChimp has to say about their new app:

Meet Your New Signup Form

Make real-world connections with Chimpadeedoo, a simple signup app for iPad that makes it easy to collect email addresses in physical locations, like at points of sale, trade shows, and checkout locations.

Collect Addresses Offline

Even when you’re not online, Chimpadeedoo collects email addresses and stores them locally on your iPad. Next time you connect, Chimpadeedoo automatically pushes the addresses to your MailChimp list.

Customize Your Form

Choose from 10 different backgrounds, write your own copy, and connect the form to any MailChimp list.

Protect Your Data

Chimpadeedoo’s app settings are hidden in the upper-right corner of the screen, and you can add password protection for extra security.

All in all, how do you see this app making your life easier? Let me know!

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