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December 2013

December 18, 2013

Three Reasons Why Instagram is my Happy Place

Originally posted on BRC+. One of my favorite social media services is Instagram. If...

December 12, 2013

Why You Should Be Using Group.Me

Originally posted on BRC+. One of my favorite services for both professional and personal use...

November 2013

November 27, 2013

Free Images of Typhoon Haiyan Damage in the Philippines

As life would have it, I was in the Philippines during and after Typhoon Haiyan...

November 13, 2013

A Generation Asks: WTF?

And now a message from the millennials... Wait, what?!?!? But, we thought you were going...

November 06, 2013

New G+ Community on Social Media and the Church

Yes, smarty-pants, I said Google+. While I know that many church folks (at least in...

October 2013

October 23, 2013

Who Should Lead Your Church’s Social Media Ministry

I hear it all the time when church folks offer social media advice to one...

October 10, 2013

When we talk about people on Twitter, should we let them know?

A few years back a friend and I had one of those, "Yes, we're a$$hats!"...

August 2013

August 20, 2013

Top 25 Social Media Platforms for Use in Church and Ministry

Holy moley there are a ton of social media sites out there! Seriously, how the...

January 2013

January 15, 2013

Emergence Christianity 2013: My First Pechakucha Experience

This past week I was invited be part of a slate of PechaKucha presentations at...

November 2012

November 26, 2012

A Pastor, a Blogger and a San Franciscan Walk Into the LA Auto Show

A few weeks ago, my wife may have given the biggest eye-roll of this blogger's...

October 2012

October 18, 2012

If You Can Find Me, You Can Read Me

First, I want to thank folks for keeping up with my wandering self as I...

October 10, 2012

An Open Letter to Pastors About the Dangers of Using Social Media

UPDATE 10.11.12: Here is a very thoughtful response from David Hansen as he offers a...

October 05, 2012

Top 200 Church Blogs and Then Some

A few weeks ago, Kent Shaffer's Church Relevance Blog posted a list of Top 200...

August 2012

August 14, 2012

Tips, Tactics and Best Practices to Improve Your Instagram Life

Like most successful social media platforms, if it isn't easy to use, it probably won't...

August 13, 2012

Three Reasons You Should Try Instagram

By now most of you have heard of Instagram. Not only did Facebook buy this...

June 2012

June 05, 2012

The Courage to Blog About Personal Struggles

[Photo By Ian Sane] A few weeks ago, there was an a slight uproar in the football...

March 2012

March 02, 2012

Anyone Else Want to Give up eMail for Lent?

View original post. Don't worry, I'm not REALLY going to do it, but boy do...

January 2012

January 03, 2012

My 2011 Twitter Year in Review

This is re-posted from www.reyes-chow.com. Next in line for my "year in review" posts ....

January 01, 2012

2012 Prayers of the People on Facebook

This post was reposted from www.reyes-chow.com. [Photo By aussiegall] I know that for people of all faiths...

December 2011

December 28, 2011

My 2011 Blogging Year in Review

Re-posted from www.reyes-chow.com. Like so many of us, whenever I get to the end of...

October 2011

October 13, 2011

The Non-Story Story of My New Blogging Home

You have heard it a million times, the cliché used in every cheesy movie break-up,...

September 2011

September 21, 2011

What Leaders Can Learn About Change From Facebook

[Photo: drurydrama] Tickers, blue corners and close friends oh my. Yes, Facebook has done it...

July 2011

July 08, 2011

Google+ Review II and Creating Circles

The Google+ roll-out continues with mixed reaction. Some are certainly frustrated by the inability to actually join, thus...

June 2011

June 29, 2011

An Early Review of Google+

First things first . . . I DO NOT HAVE GOOGLE+ INVITES TO SEND . . ....

June 20, 2011

Possibilities and Pitfalls of Migrating Your Facebook Profile to a Page

A little over a month ago, I decided to migrate my Facebook Profile to a...

May 2011

May 31, 2011

Pastoral Transitions in a Social Media World

Today is my final day as the pastor of Mission Bay Community Church and this...

May 19, 2011

To Comment or Not To Comment, That is the Question

After yet another round of classy comments from SFGate commenters on my last post, I...

May 06, 2011

Why, When and How I’m Ending My Public Facebook Profile

UPDATE, May 7: Profile migration complete. Please "like" and share MY NEW FACEBOOK PAGE. In...

April 2011

April 21, 2011

The rumors are true, I’m moving . . .

[photo: duvalguillaume] Yep, I'm moving . . . not from one house or city to another,...

April 21, 2011

Welcome to my Patheos Blog

The story goes a little something like this . . . Once upon a time...