Category Archives: News Items

This illustration categories is where I file various findings of news articles, blog articles, or other “news items” that would be helpful as an illustration. For most cases these articles are true stories (unless I mention otherwise)

Church Shopping Online

Posted on December 5, 2007 by Darren Ethier

Church consultant Tom Bandy says that as tools for reaching potential worshipers, church Web sites are growing in number and getting more sophisticated. One sign: 5 years ago, churches made up only 5% of clientele for StreamGuys, an Arcadia, CA-based … Continue reading →

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When good news isn’t really good…

Posted on October 31, 2006 by Darren Ethier

In this article found in the Chicago Sun-Times a woman reports receiving a natural gas bill that contained the notice, “Good news. Natural gas prices are lower than last year …” – of course that welcome message was immediately forgotten … Continue reading →

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