Author Archives: Denny Daugherty

Cutting Corners

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I visited a small local restaurant/deli over the weekend while on a long bike ride for some much needed refreshment and refueling. I had been there last summer and overall had a very good impression of it. Nice location, friendly service, and overall a what seemed to be a good product that people liked. They even had a nice social media presence with live music events. However it looks like something somewhere went wrong. The last few times I went by it was empty, and now instead of a few people working  like last year there was one girl running the whole place. The hours were cut back to weekends only, and the menu cut down as well to mostly deli items. Still, it seemed like all the ingredients were there (no pun intended).

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The Email Charter is a simple list of ten best practices regarding email. Email is a wonderful tool, but like any tool it can be used poorly (which for most of us is the majority of the time). The solution isn’t to get rid of email like some overly ambitious pundits have suggested, the solution is to actually agree to use the tool more effectively.

Words Matter

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Whether for marketing, ministry, or just having a conversation, the words you choose make a big difference. Proverbs 18:21 speaks to the power of what we say for good or ill– it’s your choice. Further, with our society so inundated by media, we are trained to ignore bad copy simply because there is so much of it. So if you want to get your message out, you need to make sure to communicate it effectively.

This video illustrates what a difference can make when you take the same message but present in a different way.

Via Digital Evangelism Isues

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This is an interesting take on the conference call. As a remote worker with a distributed team, I’m no stranger to conference calls. I usually use FreeConference.com as an easy no-frills way to put together a quick call. Admittedly an access code is not the most convenient way, but it’s also not that difficult to manage. Plus, I don’t know how something like bridg.me would handle extensions for example. Still looks like a good idea overall.

Remembering The Old Rugged Cross

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Today is Good Friday, and we reflect on Christ’s sacrifice on the cross. Here is an instrumental arrangement of “The Old Rugged Cross” featuring Parker Zellers (Saxophone) and myself (Piano). It was performed at the evening Lenten service on March 23 at Salem UCC in Dover, PA. It includes the following paraphrase from Romans:

 

“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God…For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person…but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us….[and] We rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.” – Romans 5:1-11 ESV (Paraphrased)

I encourage you to listen and meditate on the words to the hymn as you listen along with the scripture.

Download the MP3 Here