Life Here and There

Today I released a new WordPress theme for the general public called Old News. I mention it here, partly because I want to get the word out, but also because I think it’s a great theme for ministry leaders who blog, or want to get started blogging. I’m especially happy with the strength of the code. It was developed in a WordPress 2.8 environment, is well-widgetized, and features such things as threaded discussions, breadcrumbs (without a plugin), and tabbed sidebars (like this site).

Head on over to my web design site and preview or download the theme.

Today, we started using Bethel’s new logo. I’ve spent three years being unhappy with every logo revision I’ve done to date. I’m finally satisfied. In fact, I’m ecstatic and ready to start splattering it everywhere. It’s simple and clean, looks good in black and/or white, fits on print materials well, goes along with the feel of Bethel’s web site, and conveys with ultra-simplicity the idea that we’re a church on a hill (see Matthew 5:14). So here it is…

(note that I updated this with the final version, tweaked by Jeff at Cre8ive Solutions)