Category Archives: Content Ideas

Examples of items or topics to include on your church website.

Sep 19 2011

Talk Like a Pirate Day 2011 for Christians

By Sune Rievers on Flickr

By Sune Rievers on Flickr

It’s September 19 so it must be, what, Monday of the 25th week in Ordinary Time (or Twitter version)? It’s also International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Celebrate with this buried treasure from ChurchMojo.com we arrrrgh diggin’ up for this here special occasion.

My mateys in crime also delivered:

Jonathan Sullivan shared this gem on Google+ if you want to go pirate and Episcopalian (cursed PDF alas)

Ironic Catholic struck gold again with F’thr Pete the Pirate Receives His First Parish Assignment.

Nov 11 2010

Military Funeral Etiquette

Changing of the Guard at Arlington Cemetery by Mark Alves

Changing of the Guard at Arlington Cemetery by Mark Alves

Living down the street from Arlington Cemetery, I’m seen the expansion of the hallowed grounds for those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq and Afghanistan. As part of my annual commemoration of Veterans Day, I’ve updated my Veterans Day Prayers list.  It includes a Miss Manners column on Military funeral etiquette for grieving family members, which I’ll highlight here.

Military Funeral Etiquette For Grieving Family Members

  • Do not need to stand to receive the flag from a service member
  • Do not need to return a salute (if a civilian)
  • Should not misinterpret silent reverence by a service member in attendance as rudeness
  • Are not obligated to verbally express thanks to service members in attendance

Source: Miss Manners column, 11/10/2010

May 9 2010

Best Songs About Mary for Mother’s Day

A Twitter friend recently asked about recommendations for Mary songs that a non Catholic might like. Two Michael John Poirier songs jumped to mind:

I’ve got these on tape and CD, but it took some digging to find them online so I want to share them in the spirit of Mother’s Day today. (You may need to hit the purple play triangle and then the gray triangle in the Rhapsody button at the bottom.)

Please give them a thoughtful listen and then consider buying them to support Michael John’s wonderful music ministry.

And now for something from a completely genre — the Mother’s Day rap my sons put together for my wonderful wife:

I hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day. If you have a favorite Marian song, or your own Mother’s Day project to share, please do so in the comments.

Nov 25 2009

More Thanksgiving Prayers and Videos via Twitter

Looking for Thanksgiving prayers for yourself or your church website? Here’s a collection gathered from Twitter. You’ll see more tweets are linking to Facebook for the details, which we didn’t see in the 2008 round up of Thanksgiving prayers on Twitter.

Linus’s Thanksgiving Prayer from Charlie Brown

via @vesselproject, @celebratefaith @opus_6 and others

Johnny Cash Thanksgiving Prayer

via @maggiesraggedy

Do you have a favorite Thanksgiving prayer?