Coming soon…

OK, it’s not quite ready to launch today, but the project I’ve been promising will be ready for alpha testing signup by this Thursday. If you’ve never heard of alpha testing, it’s just like beta testing but the product is in an even earlier state. Think Google Wave (flaky but the basics are there), not…   Read more


Taking a week off

I (Matt) am in the middle of developing a very big project that will hopefully be of great use to campus ministers the world ’round. Unfortunately, all of my free time thinking has gone into working on this project–including the time I’d normally spend writing articles or working with the other Staffhacker authors to develop…   Read more


Update: Mediaforministry.org back online

We heard some reports that Mediaforministry.org, a great ministry resource and also the destination of last week’s Livestreaming post links, was down for a day or two. It’s back up and running, so check out the Livestreaming post and the rest of the resources hosted there!


An app for your ministry?

Developing your own web site seems like more work than most of us have time for, so the idea of developing a mobile app seems absurd. However, some larger ministries have considered it, but the cost and complexity of developing and distributing mobile apps are so great that it’s usually never an option. Yesterday I…   Read more


USTREAM and Livestream for broadcasting video and meetings

USTREAM and Livestream are two web services that allow you to hold collaborative meetings and/or stream live video to multiple recipients. Media for Ministry has a series of posts on how to use each service, how to set you your room and equipment, and how to interact with your viewers/attendees: USTREAM USTREAM Live Video Streaming…   Read more