I wrote a blog entry a while back about finding God hidden stories this Christmas, you can read it here. I have been saving this story for a few weeks now. I wanted to give it to you all on Christmas. This is not my story but another persons story that I have claimed as […]
Archive for December, 2006
Who Has Your Name?
23Dec06by Brandon Gross
Here is a cool website I heard about from Trasition Pete’s Blog . www.howmanyofme.com has made a little program that will show you how many people have your name in the U.S.A. I have listed my results below. There are a lot more "Gross" people than I expected… hmmm. Click on the "How many have […]
Free Christmas and New Year’s Graphics
22Dec06by Brandon Gross
PastorsPlace has been giving away free graphic resources to help churches. It’s free to sign up and you can download the images for free. They also offer a low price option to customize the graphics package to be specific to your church. When I say low price, I mean LOW. I saw one package that […]
Remember our December Specials!
21Dec06by Brandon Gross
I wanted to remind everyone about our December Specials here at Nspire. If you have been waiting to get your church Nspire’d (I know cheesy wording but I had to do it ), December could be the best month to do it. I have to admit the USB drive is pretty cool. It will let […]
Who uses Email?
20Dec06by Brandon Gross
I was reading on our friend Bill Seaver’s blog today and he had an interesting post that referenced the number of teenagers who use email as the main method of communication to friends. The results were interesting, I have to mention I was not too shocked by them. You can read his post here. From […]
Nspire on a Mac part 2
14Dec06by Brandon Gross
Well, here is part 2 of putting Nspire on a Mac. First things first, you will need to make sure you have an Intel mac (such as a macbook or macbook pro), a licensed copy of Microsoft Windows, and a licensed copy of Parallels. The installation of Parallels is pretty simple and they even offer […]
Nspire on a Mac
12Dec06by Brandon Gross
I can’t tell you how many times I have heard this question. I’ve done all kinds of conferences and at just about every one there is the Mac Guru that asks THE question… Will Nspire work on my Mac? Well, up until now the only way to get Nspire on your mac was by using […]
How Culturally Savvy are You???
05Dec06by Brandon Gross
I ran across another great article from www.churchrelevance.com, which is another one of my favorite blogs. The post I am referring to listed stats that compared the cultural knowledge of pastors vs. churchgoers. It was interesting and can be found here. I am a firm believer that the church needs to know the state of […]
Weekend Project: Wireless Network
02Dec06by Brandon Gross
If you are sitting around the house or at the church looking for something cool to do; consider setting up a wireless network. Don’t know how??? well here is a link to a Cnet.com video that will tell you how to get started. A wireless network will give you the ability to access the Internet […]
Cool Youth Ministry
01Dec06by Brandon Gross
I just ran across an interesting article over at www.churchrelevance.com about some recent stats that came out pointing to the decline of the "MTV cool Youth Ministry" genre. You can read the article yourself by going here. I have served in youth ministry nearing 8 years now. During this time I have seen all kinds […]
