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So I’m trying to figure out exactly what this blog will look like over the next couple of years. I’ve committed myself to putting some serious time into RLP. I thought maybe you could help me think about this.
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Covenant Stories: The Website
Story #12 in the Covenant series
It may seem strange to devote an entire episode of our church’s story to our website. But in our case, this makes sense. Our website has profoundly changed the culture and makeup of our community over the years.
The first time I saw the word Internet was when I read about it in a Doonesbury comic strip in 1994. Whatever this “Inter-net” was, it sounded interesting to me. So I started going to computer stores and asking if anyone knew anything about it. No one had even heard about it. Finally I discovered what may have been the only company in San Antonio offering Internet access at the time. When I got to the office of Internet Direct Inc., I found 4 guys in their 20s playing a video game called Doom. I had to wait for a few moments while they furiously pounded their keyboards and yelled at each other. It wasn’t exactly a sophisticated business enterprise.
Finally one of them spoke to me. When I asked about the Internet they started throwing out words and phrases I had never heard of: Telnet, Finger, Gopher, Pinging, and the newest kid on the block - the World Wide Web. They were all excited about a new company called Netscape that had...
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Works in Progress
“Bearing Witness,” a Foy Davis story set in Fort Davis, Texas when Foy was in 3rd grade. Part one was posted 3-17-10. Part two should be ready next week.
“Lenten Satchel,” a short essay on the strange items that make up my Lenten journey this year. Because of Tracy’s comment. Posted here 3-18-10
“Last Things,” an essay about my final days at Covenant. Soon to be published by the Christian Century. Will be linked here when it is online at the CC website.
My Latest Book
I’m proud to announce that Turtles All The Way Down came out in November of 2009. This was my first experience with the Consafo model of social media community publishing.
2000 copies were printed. We sold well over 500 as advance purchases or in the weeks leading up to Christmas. This paid for the printing costs completely.
Church web-sites
Submitted by evan on Thu, 05/28/2009 - 20:12.Another good read, thanks Gordon.
It's encouraging to hear. I tried forming our church web-site with forums and blogs in an effort to build an online community and it really went nowhere.
Being the most Internet savvy person in a church can be a mixed blessing. :-) (Funnily enough, now half the members are on Facebook, but are still surprised when they discover we have a web-site. sigh.)
I relaunched it recently (done with Drupal!) as more of a "this is what we are about" info site, and it's still going nowhere, but I think it is at least pointed in a better direction. Hopefully will get there one day.
wow very interesting. I
Submitted by Davina Stallworth (not verified) on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 19:59.wow very interesting. I enjoyed it. Thanks!
Superb
Submitted by Davina Stallworth (not verified) on Sun, 05/31/2009 - 23:44.I took also my chances to communicate my thoughts of restoration and rejuvenation place on this WWW.
Let's face billions of people in different areas can look and read your thoughts with regards to RELIGION or on related areas.
For me, its inspiring that you can touch others with your thoughts just like you inspires everyone including me.
Nice site for inspiration
Submitted by California IT Support (not verified) on Wed, 06/17/2009 - 01:02.Nice site for inspiration
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