278 – Author! Author!

This week on the WELSTech Podcast we talk with Pastor Rob Guenther, a long time WELSTech contributor, about his gospel outreach publishing efforts and Martin has a geeky RSS-to-bookmark-bar solution to share.

The interview & discussion:

(2:54) Hall of Fame – Pastor Rob Guenther from Grace in Kenai, AK talked with Martin and Sallie about his recent self-publishing efforts which resulted in both an Amazon paperback and e-book listing of a collection of his sermons titled In Their Sandals. Penning your own book isn’t as hard as it sounds thanks to some amazing (and free) web 2.0 tools.

• Kindle Direct Publishing
• CreateSpace
• Scribd
• SlideShare
• Learn more about the ePub standard and e-book formats on Wikipedia
• Booktype and Booktype Pro
• Habitat by Inkling
• Apple iBooks Author
• Lulu

Ministry resources:

(29:55) Study guides and reviews of The Bible miniseries created by Pastor Jon Schroeder from Faith in Sharpsburg, GA

News in tech:

• (32:38) NIV 84 is removed from BibleGateway and YouVersion
• 50 million compromised in Evernote hack

Picks of the week:

• (32:38) What to use before showing Road to Emmaus
  • The Jesus film
  • Via the Multi-Language Publications e-newsletter (Subscribe)
• Foxish Live RSS in the Chrome Web Store

Community feedback:

• (41:56) Markup – Paperless Grading for Teachers on Kickstarter
• Books Should Be Free
• Online giving options:
  • Vanco
  • JustGive.org
  • EasyTithe.com
  • MinistryGive.com
• Share your SMS solutions for congregation communication – Ideas from FreeTech4Teachers
• Charlie Rose interviews Salman Khan, creator of Khan Academy, about the new direction of education enabled by technology
• Mapping History
• Code.org published the What most schools don’t teach video – After School Club resources from Code Academy
• Worship presentation ideas
  • Pastor Steve Schamber from Holy Trinity in Wyoming, MI shares his experience collaborating with Proclaim from Logos
  • Pastor Nate Ericson shared a link to Lutheran Music’s PowerPoints of public domain hymns in Christian Worship

Coming up on WELSTech:

(53:49) Episode 279 – Next week on WELSTech Martin and Sallie talk with Pastor and MLC Communications Professor Mark Paustian and look at chapter 7 of Presentation Zen. (Release date – 03/12/13)

The featured artist:

(54:40) We close the podcast with music and video from Koine’s new Footsteps to the Cross concert DVD (koinemusic.com | DVD info) – Jesus, Grant that Balm and Healing

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