As restrictions ease and church services begin new rhythms, I’ve fielded questions around live streaming on YouTube and what the future holds. Questions like… “We’re back meeting in person and we’re planning to continue live streaming. What is the purpose of our live stream now, is it a front door?” …

As we take a breath from the relentless nature of 2020, what might Church Comms teams need to expect from 2021? Although no one knows for sure, I have a few thoughts on what we may see, so that we can ponder and prepare for the coming year. …

A short story of how our campervan broke down in the south of France and why this didn’t ruin our holiday. Written in September 2018. The plan was clear. Five countries in just over three weeks, driving a converted AA VW van, with two children. What could possibly go wrong? …

Hybrid-church has become the hot new phrase, coined out of necessity during COVID-19, but in reality, English football has had a hybrid approach since 1946, so what can we learn from 74 years of hybrid-football? Firstly, what do I mean by hybrid? I mean something that has one foot in…

Last night, I was scrolling through Instagram, when I saw an advert for a new streaming service from Showcase Cinemas: ‘Showcase at home.’

A common question is: ‘how do you rest from work, with so much of our lives online?’ As someone who works in Church Communications, it’s something I’ve been exploring for several years and have learnt a thing or two about this. The reality for many of us who work in…

Every job is made easier with the right tools, so here is a list of the 46 tools that my team and I use every week to get the Comms job done: software, apps, extensions and plugins. These focus on OSX, iOS and Chrome, as those are the vehicles we…

Have you seen numbers for online church rise, fall and now steadily increase?

‘Whilst some customer habits will return to normal, others have changed forever.’ This could be the words of any church leader, instead, it’s the words of Steve Rowe, M&S CEO. A UK-based retail company, who sell food and clothing. Let’s see what else he said, and adjust some of his…