Prayer
Digital spaces can be surprisingly sacred. These posts are about prayer as a digital ministry practice — from prayer walls to community prayer to the BLESS framework's first and most essential step.
4 Digital Tools That Help Enable Pastoral Care and Counseling
Pastors and ministry leaders have many roles and responsibilities. While many roles seem to take higher priority,…
"I'm Back" - An Update from Jeff Reed
Hey Fam! I’m back! After about a six-month break from The Church Digital (and the Internet in general), I’m excited to…
Two Different Types Of Facebook Ads for Your Ministry to Try
Facebook Ads are a really important tool for people, businesses and Churches to get the word out about an event or…
Is Praying Through Text Real Prayer?
jeff • December 27, 2023 embed Does praying through texting really count as prayer at all? The From Text To Testimony…
The Challenge of "All is Well"
As we wrap up the 2023 Christmas season, if I'm honest, the song "All is Well" haunts me. The Christmas song All Is…
How to Encourage End-of-the-Year Giving at Your Church
The holiday season is upon us, which means the end of the year is fast approaching. For many churches, this is one of…
We are Thankful
"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting…
Stop and Make Sure You Enjoy Easter
The two biggest Sundays of the year for Churches and Ministers are Christmas and Easter. They are the two biggest…
What Do Strawberries in September Have To Do With Your Spiritual Health?
Strawberries are absolutely delicious. My whole family loves them, and without proper supervision my boys can eat more…
Team Building Your Church Online, Part 2
In part 1, I gave 8 steps to building a team . Ideas are only theory until you act. In today’s blog we will put theory…
5 Actions Digital Missionaries can take during the War in Ukraine
Every time a tragedy or incident around the world happens, Church Social Media Mangers will almost always post a "Pray…
Why You Need Ash Wednesday Even Though You're Not Catholic
I grew up with no church background, so my first encounter with Ash Wednesday was in college. I saw students walking…
How Prayer Warriors are Perfect Digital Missionaries
There are many different kinds of digital missionaries. There are those who use social media to create content that…
How to Prepare for the Christmas Crunch
Christmas! It happens every year and it's wonderful. For ministers it is our opportunity to create experiences and…
Does Facebook Prayer Count?
Barna recently released data that suggests the opportunity to pray with someone at your church is a highly attractive…
Pruned to Grow During This Season
Let’s offer ourselves up to be pruned and be amazed at the fruit the Vine produces. For as long as I can remember, I…
Look To The Hills
I don’t want to write tonight. I feel like I’ve proven my point - I’ve written consistently for 33 nights and tonight,…
Creating an Online Prayer Community
I work for a college ministry at a private school that I used to attend. Our core group of students is not large but…
Easter, Creative Bankruptcy, and the Promise of Refilling for Tomorrow...
Happy Easter! Today, we stop for a moment and revel in the fact that God, Creator of all things, deemed us, His sinful…
The Other Side
I've been listening to a song called King of Kings, and in it is a line that slays me every time. It says, "For even in…
For Such a Time as This: Isolation & Esther
I still remember sitting in my 9th grade science class. I remember the old desks, the blinds discolored from age and…
Hey Church Leader, How's Your Margin?
Dearest church leader, online pastor, or tech worker- With all sincerity, I tell you this: Take a break . It’s the only…
Best Practices for Life and Relationships in Digital Spaces
Healthy discussion, prayer and spiritual formation using mediated technology. There is no complete substitute for…
Thank You, God, For Breaking Your Church
It took a global pandemic to break the church. Not God's Church, mind you. But the more prevalent model of church found…
Prayer Walking: Engaging the World in the Age of COVID-19
As many of us are needing to engage various levels of social isolation, including sheltering in place, walking is one…
Eight Ways to Share the Gospel during the Coronavirus
COVID-19 has broken precedence with its highly contagious nature and ability to spread so quickly across the world. We…
To Impact People in This Coronavirus Season, We Need to Understand Them
Where We Are After barely a few months of hearing about Coronavirus elsewhere... the stories have begun pouring in…
Covid-19 and The Christian: Our Personal Response to Coronavirus
The COVID-19 epidemic already appears to be very bad. Most people don’t yet know someone with COVID-19, but you likely…
Pastoring in the Midst of Coronavirus
Odds are your social media feed is consumed with concerns over the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The worldwide fear is…
Is Technology Reshaping Community? Praying for Ekklesia Online
For generations, "community" was based on physical location. That being said, technology is changing. The world isn't…
What Church Online can learn from Eugene Peterson
If you didn't hear, Eugene Peterson, Pastor/Christian Author, died this week. Words cannot express the impact Eugene…
TAKING RISKS, OR THE EFFECTS OF TRUSTING GOD FOR 30 DAYS
For the past month, God has set me on a journey. Since resigning my position as Digital Strategist at Christ Fellowship…
THE OWNER OF MY FAILURES, OR WHAT 30y/o JEFF IS TELLING 40y/o JEFF.
I can’t even start to explain how this happened… I used to blog on an old site called RUNwithGOD.com. It was a fun…
Are you losing patience or learning to trust God’s timing?
You’re Not Broken For Struggling. God Still Loves You. #MentalHealth
EP335 - Jeff Talks Fall Conference(s), Ambassadors & Matthew 6
EP313 - Digital & Mental Health - Depression, suicide and crisis
EP262 - Exponential & The Gaming Church
EP202: Staff Soulcare, Jon Pyle, and Better on the Inside Takeover
PODCAST 118: The Church, Mindy Caliguire, and Mental Health
EP104: Does the Holy Spirit Move Online?
