Lazy Way to Discover Great Ministry Resources

Step #1 Use an RSS Reader

If you are new to RSS Feeds, take a few minutes and view this introductory video. Trust me it will make sense and you will thank me later.

RSS gives to the ability to read lots of sources online in one place without having to visit separate sites. With RSS, the information comes to your Reader where you can browse, read and ignore hundreds of items in minutes.

Step #2 Crowdsourcing

It is the Internet baby, so why not use its collective intelligence. Basically, crowd sourcing is the practice of tapping into the wisdom of people. I’m sure you know several people, and they are not always right, but often they can point you to resources you would just never find by typing “ministry” into Google.
Web sites called social bookmarking sites collect links from millions of people and create lists by topic. In this case, you can get a steady stream of “ministry” resources from:

• del.icio.us at http://del.icio.us/tag/ministry (RSS)
• ma.gnolia at http://ma.gnolia.com/tags/ministry (RSS)
• Technorati at http://www.technorati.com/posts/tag/ministry (RSS)
• IceRocket at http://blogs.icerocket.com/search?q=tag:ministry (RSS)

Another lazy way to discover ministry resources online is StumbleUpon which delivers “high-quality pages matched to your personal preferences”. Install the toolbar and you are set.