Kaleo Church San Diego Reader Review
It was bound to happen. I spent a season as a columnist writing a weekly column called the Sheep & Goats for the San Diego Reader, which 'reviews' churches and other places of worship. This last Sunday, Matthew Lickona came (the new columnist and much better writer than I ever...
Goodmanson.com - 500th Post
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Church Planting, Church Technology, Culture, Ekklesia, Faith, Family, General Technology, Leadership, Monk Dev, Photos, Sermon, Sheep&Goats and Teaching on 11 3rd, 2006 | 3 Comments
Welcome to Goodmanson.com . If you are new(er) here, I began this blog in July of 2004 and today I've posted for the 500th time. I got out my calculator and discovered that over these 825 days, I've made a post every 1.65 days. Over the years I've posted a lot on church...
New Sheep & Goats Writer
As some have asked, I am no longer writing the Sheep & Goats column for the San Diego Reader. The new writer is Matthew Lickona, author of Swimming with Scapulars - True Confessions of a Young Catholic. You can see more of Lickona’s work at his blog, www.matthewlickona.com. If you want...
Publisher-activist Jim Holman
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church Technology, Culture, Faith and Sheep&Goats on 01 17th, 2006 | No Comments
This week’s World Magazine includes an article on my former boss (when I wrote a weekly column at the San Diego Reader), Roe v. Wade: Counterculture clash. The article details Holman’s activism for the pro-life movement while he publishes a “urban alternative” weekly.
A city...
Would the REAL church please stand up - Confusion in the Kingdom of God
[This is a reflection on my San Diego Reader Column where I visited a different church each week for 2005 and part of 2004.]
One theme that developed as I spoke with different pastors/priests for a variety of denominations and faiths is that each one was convicted that their expression was the true...
Last San Diego Reader ‘Sheep & Goats’ Article
Last week was my last San Diego Reader article for the Sheep & Goats column. Beginning in 2006, I am no longer writing the column. It’s been a great season over 2004-2005 to visit different places of faith and interview people to learn more about their experiences and what they believe....
XXXchurch
(This is an article written for my weekly San Diego Reader column on spirituality and places of worship.)
Wally the Wiener, a 15-foot inflatable penis, stands erect behind XXXchurch’s “Erotica LA” booth. Wally is just one of XXXchurch’s attempts to get attention from the 40,000...
Kehillas Torah
(This is an article written for my weekly San Diego Reader column on spirituality and places of worship.)
“If someone at our synagogue becomes religious, don’t blame me. I just teach the Torah,” said Rabbi Baruch Lederman of Kehillas Torah. “I am passionate about helping people...
Holy Spirit Catholic Church
“[When I'm taking the Eucharist], I’m consuming Jesus’ body, if you view it with eyes of faith,” said Eileen Carton, a volunteer at Holy Spirit Catholic Church. “How else can you get that close to God? When I take Eucharist, if I lack faith, I am given faith. If I am burdened,...
Calvary Chapel San Diego
“I was stoned when I accepted Christ,” said Jared Lee, a volunteer at Calvary Chapel San Diego. “When my parents got divorced, I started getting into the drug scene. I would smoke an ounce of weed in three days and would steal. Everything was about getting the next high.” Lee’s...
New Life Presbyterian Church
“Christians can’t fight battles of sin alone. I failed miserably when I tried to deal with sin on my own. I felt alone. I was fearful of sharing my struggles with others,” said Jim Allsop, New Life Church’s treasurer. Allsop said he appreciates New Life because of the community’s...
St. Anthony’s Orthodox Christian Church
“Most people have no idea what the Orthodox Church is. When I joined the church, my [Protestant] family was perplexed. They thought I had joined the Catholic Church, and Protestants are Rome-a-phobic,” said David Hunt. Hunt transferred to St. Anthony’s Orthodox Church from Horizon Church...
Outreach, Inc.
In 2005, churches will mail over 50 million direct-mail postcards created by Outreach, Inc., the largest provider of Christian outreach products and services in North America. In addition, churches will hang 200,000 Outreach door hangers on houses, hand out several million bulletins, and display 160,000...
National Outreach Convention
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Church Technology, Ekklesia, Faith, Monk Dev and Sheep&Goats on 11 3rd, 2005 | 1 Comment
I spent today at the National Outreach Convention. I will dedicate a post to each session I attend to share what I learned. Here are the sessions I plan or have to attended:
Breaking Attendance Barriers
Do you desire to see your church grow to the next level? Do you feel stuck at a certain level...
Twelve Tribes : The Commonwealth of Israel
“If a Christian is a true seeker of God, they are better off reading the word of God at face value than buying into the traditions of mainstream churches. When a believer sincerely cries out to God, God will lead them into [our] community,” said Wade Skinner, an elder of the Twelve Tribes...
Drew Goodmanson serves as CEO of Monk Development and is co-founder/pastor at Kaleo Church. Monk is an Internet strategy and development company. Monk created Ekklesia 360 which is used by thousands of churches and ministries. Drew often speaks at conferences and has written for several national publications about how churches/ministries can use the Internet. Goodmanson.com is recognized as one of the Top Church Blogs. Kaleo Church is a missional community, multi-site church planting movement in San Diego, CA. More about Drew Goodmanson.
