Ok – We’re going to be creating a sermon archives page for WordPress without the use of a plugin (well, almost…we’ll be using one to add the audio). Why? Because I hate using plugins! This is an update of an earlier post I wrote. That one used categories and custom fields, and while it still [...]

UPDATE: There is a much better and updated version of this post here: http://ryanspilhaus.com/2011/04/wordpress-sermon-archives-custom-posts-taxonomies/ Today I’ll be talking some more about the recent website I launched for Scarlet City Church (www.scarletcitychurch.org). One of the great things about WordPress is that you can, with enough work, get it to do pretty much anything. It’s incredibly flexible [...]

I saw this cereal at a friend’s house the other day… I love the name of it…“Honey Crunchin’ Oats: With Honey”. That’s like saying “Cereal: With Cereal!” As funny as that is though, sometimes I feel like we design our communications, especially our websites, to be overly redundant. Worried about someone not being able to [...]

I just recently finished Neil Postman’s book, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. After reading it, I can say without qualification that I believe this book is absolutely essential reading for any ministry leader, church communications professional/volunteer, or even anyone who owns a TV or computer. To put it [...]

Ok, so this was pretty funny…I saw this ad on a YouTube video earlier today: I thought it was kind of funny for a few reasons: 1. Bing is a competitor to Google. 2. The ad is served via the Google ad network (this is kind of like CBS having a commercial for one of [...]