Missionary Broadcasting.com

Much of our online activity of late has been made up of brief comments and links on the four social networking services that make up our FriendFeed. This service aggregates all of one’s internet publishing, placing it into a single, fairly straightforward feed and making it possible for visitors to keep up with what one is doing, reading, viewing or writing on a literally minute-by-minute basis.

I will be placing the above “widget” in a prominent place on this site as soon as I have the opportunity to think it through. Until then you may view our FriendFeed at any time by visiting FriendFeed.com/MissionaryBroadcasting.

A few weeks ago I registered for a Twitter account, mainly so Deborah could keep up with what I was doing throughout the day at the office. Twitter is a microblogging application that asks “what are you doing?”; to which you can reply with a maximum of 140 words. I began posting with a Firefox add-on called TwitterFox. It is a great little program that appears in the bottom right corner of my browser, allowing me to type a quick note  while I work, which posts to my Twitter page immediately.

While I felt these notes might be of interest to those visiting this site, I have had difficulty finding a plugin for WordPress that does an adequate job of displaying them in my sidebar. In my pursuit to find just the right method, I came across an implementation on a tech site I often read called Scobleizer. Prominent blogger Robert Scoble shows all of his latest web activity via a service called FriendFeed. It captures and displays all his new entries in chronological order, whether they are from a blog RSS feed, a Twitter or other microblogging account, a Flickr photo stream, or a myriad of other social networking platforms.

Need a translation for any of this? Just visit our new FriendFeed and you should easily figure out what I am talking about. Here is a list of the various ways you can now stay connected with Missionary Broadcasting.com:

• Subscribe by RSS
• Subscribe by E-mail
• Our Twitter Account
• Our FriendFeed

Hopefully I can get a more Scoble-like sidebar application running within the next few weeks. Right now I have put in a request with our web host to upgrade the software we need to make it happen.

I have been blogging for nearly three years and have never posted a blogroll. The truth is, I find very few blogs worth reading every day. Many post good articles regularly, but come from a philosophical (or doctrinal) perspective that is “less than the best”. Other fundamentalist blogs tend to ride one particular hobby-horse, or cultivate arguments that are tedious and unhelpful.

Recently, I have developed a short list of feeds that I browse every day, usually finding something fascinating enough to hold my interest.

Audio

• Maranatha Sermon Podcast - Excellent messages from MBBC Chapels
• Sermon Audio - Thousands of Quality Sermons from Around the World

Churches

• Northwest News! - Missionary Church Plant in Northern Ireland
• Vision News - Mission-minded Church in Georgia

Ministry

• Religious Affections - Conservative Perspectives on Church Worship

Missions

• The Gospel in China - Stories of Mission Work in China
• Snode News! - Church Planting in Northern Ireland

News

• Baptist Bulletin - Bi-monthly Magazine from the GARBC

Pastors

• an oxgoad eh? - A BJU Grad Blogs from Canada

Popular

• Sharper Iron - The Top Fundamentalist Blog
• Pulpit Magazine - The Shepherd’s Fellowship Blog

There are interesting stories behind how I found most of the smaller sites, but I won’t take time to relate them here. Obviously I cannot (and do not) endorse every one of them completely, but feel they all have something sane and relevant to say on a regular basis. Visit and let me know what you think.

One of the questions a web designer often asks is whether or not his best content is being accessed by site visitors. With my work sites, I am always looking for better ways to feature articles and other items it has taken a lot of time to complete. I want to know how much my invested effort is paying off in online exposure. I don’t grapple with exactly the same question here, because frankly, I sometimes wonder whether this content is even worthy of exposure!

In all seriousness, I hope you are finding articles that are encouraging and helpful. They are intended to be a ministry, and I want to make sure the most relevant entries are easily discovered. That is why I have included both a Catalog (listing materials for download), and an Index, to help you better navigate while on the site. I would encourage you to get acquainted with both pages if you are looking for something in particular about the Bible, the Christian life, or our family and ministry.

The five most populated and well-visited Tags on Missionary Broadcasting.com:

• Joshua
• Ephesians
• Commitment
• Family
• Photos