Churchy Stuff
In an effort to find interesting and creative ways to spark conversation at my new church, I've started a new blog, St. Martin's-in-the-Field Clergy Blog. This will be a place for myself and the Rector to post thoughts and ideas and to invite dialogue about issues facing the community and the world. I hope that you'll join in that conversation with us - I think it is so valuable to have thoughtful ideas come from everywhere.
Nothing will change about this blog. I'll continue to post the same sorts of things here that I've always posted. Oh, with the exception of sermons. Since I'm in a parish now, my sermons are posted on the parish web site at http://stmartinsinthefield.org/sermons.html. Currently, they are all .pdf files that require you to download them, but I am working on having them posted as just text pages so you can read them in your browser. My long-term dream is to have them posted as audio files so that you can hear them - it is my firm belief that a sermon is an oral event, not a written event. Unfortunately, I learned last week that the relatively new sound system in the church has the ability to record to tape, but not to the built in CD player. Having an analog recording on a tape is useless for web production, so I need to devise a strategy for recording my sermons. I might buy a personal mp3 recorder and just record them that way. The quality wouldn't be great, but it would be better than nothing. I might also look into buying a cheap recording system that we can integrate into the sound system, but that will take a bit longer. In any case, you'll find sermons posted there, not here.
Nothing will change about this blog. I'll continue to post the same sorts of things here that I've always posted. Oh, with the exception of sermons. Since I'm in a parish now, my sermons are posted on the parish web site at http://stmartinsinthefield.org/sermons.html. Currently, they are all .pdf files that require you to download them, but I am working on having them posted as just text pages so you can read them in your browser. My long-term dream is to have them posted as audio files so that you can hear them - it is my firm belief that a sermon is an oral event, not a written event. Unfortunately, I learned last week that the relatively new sound system in the church has the ability to record to tape, but not to the built in CD player. Having an analog recording on a tape is useless for web production, so I need to devise a strategy for recording my sermons. I might buy a personal mp3 recorder and just record them that way. The quality wouldn't be great, but it would be better than nothing. I might also look into buying a cheap recording system that we can integrate into the sound system, but that will take a bit longer. In any case, you'll find sermons posted there, not here.
