Changing the Things We Can

I did it. I took the plunge. I swallowed the red pill. I transferred my many sites to a new server promising better security and faster load times. I’d better not be seeing those 508 resource errors again any time soon. I tell you, the more traffic you get to your site the more you have to learn about the technical side of hosting. I need thank all my new readers for being part of the problem of overloading my server. Really, I’m not being sarcastic. It’s a milestone for me and one I’m truly humbled by.

But assuming all those issues are solved for a while, let’s get on with this week’s newsletter. A warm welcome to the 97 new subscribers this week to the RevTrev.com Newsletter, LifeAbovetheNegativity.com, Twitter Tips and Expectancy Press. Don’t be a stranger. Drop me a line and tell me about yourself. Those conversations are the highlight of my week.

This Week’s Guest Blogger

I’m lining up a lot of great guest bloggers for RevTrev.com. If you want to be one, check out the guidelines.

This week I was a guest blogger for The Pangea Blog. Why not check out my guest post there and read a bit more about the great discussions Kurt Willems is having there?

How NOT to Be A Jerk On Social Media (Trevor Lund)

Contact me if you’d like to be a guest blogger.
Find the guidelines here http://revtrev.com/write-for-revtrev/

Questions of the Week

How Can Non-Profits Raise Money Through Social Media?
Here’s a question a very passionate person sent me about to fund-raise through Social Media and other “out-of-the-box” strategies. I had to point him the the expert in what I consider “out-of-the-proverbial-box” strategies. Let me know what you think.

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RevTrev Radio

How God Heals Part 5 – RevTrev Radio
How God Heals So many times we wonder if it’s God’s will to heal. Let’s take a look at what the Bible says about that. There are also questions why healing doesn’t come. This is the final episode in the series. You can get all the past links when you listen now.

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Remember to ask me your questions I didn’t cover.

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Community Feedback

I sent out an email and a test blog broadcast to see if readers signed up specifically to RevTrev.com would mind if I send out a weekly email with information about the posts I’ve done that week.

I want to include more people in the discussions taking place on the blog. I firmly believe that together we have a fuller understanding of the will and nature of God. (That’s just a theological way to say “I think some of you are smarter than me in some things.”)

WHEN I send out a blog broadcast, it gets included in my Feedburner count, so I don’t need as many chicklets on my site. As each of them slow down how fast the page loads, I want to keep them at a minimum.

So I was pleasantly surprised with the response. 87% of respondents have no issues or look forward to getting 1 email a week with information about blog posts that week on RevTrev.com.

So I’ve set it up to go out Saturdays.

I so much enjoy the discussion that happens on the site. Thank you all for telling your friends about revtrev.com so they be a part of the conversation as well.

Thanks for your feedback. It helps me know what blog posts and resources I should focus on.

Social Media Tip

What Do You Do When Your Twitter Account Gets Hacked?
If you follow me on Twitter you’ll likely see me tweet at least once a day “Today’s DM Phishing Scam “Today’s DM Phishing Scam ‘lmao! this pic i found of you cracks me up when was it taken?’ DON’T Click the link. Pls RT!’” I do that daily because I was tricked once and had my account hacked. What’s a phishing attack and what do you do when you’re tricked by one? Here’s what to do when it happens…

What People Are Saying

I personally THANK YOU for all the work you put into publishing your newsletter. I pray for that passion. ~ Ryan

I look forward to your emails and updates. Keep up the awesome work Rev Trev! – Conrad

God bless you. Thank you for the short story. (re: It was a Bad, Bad, Bad Very, Bad Very Bad Day” available for free to subscribers to revtrev.com) I liked it! Ultimately it brought a smile to my face. It reminded me of how you don’t really need to be a child to create a monster of worries in your head before your know the actual facts. It also reminded me that you don’t have to be a child to carry around stuff you should’ve come clean to long ago. Any one of us could be that little boy (as you were) young or old. Now on a lesser note good little story, that brings a smile to ones heart, any age:)
-Josephine

RevTrev TV

Why is Jesus God’s Gift of Love to the World?
In this episode of http://revtrev.com/tv I talk to Bev Fawcett of http://hopeinchrist.info about her book “Jesus God’s Gift of Love to the World”

I’ve decided to stop syndicating RevTrev TV through iTunes until I can come up with a better hosting solution. I found out my site backups don’t work well when the files are over 7GB. I have close to 10GB of videos hosted on my site…oh well, live and learn. If you have any suggestions for syndicating through iTunes, let me know .

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Posts From My Blogging Buddies

Free Tools for Creating A Custom Facebook Page For Your Church or Ministry by Yohan of Virtual Preacher
Getting Sound Advice by Thomas McDaniels of The Favored Life
Parenting Requires On The Job Training by Kevin Martineau of Shooting the Breeze
Heartbreaking….part 4 By Janine Lund (my little sister) of From Mind to Page

Changing the Things We Can

Attributed as found on a tomb dated A.D. 1100 of an Anglican Bishop at Westminster Abbey:

When I was young and free and my imagination had no limits,
I dreamed of changing the world.
As I grew older and wiser,
I discovered the world would not change,
so I shortened my sights somewhat and
decided to change only my country.
But it, too, seemed immovable.
As I grew into my twilight years,
in one last desperate attempt,
I settled for changing only my family,
those closest to me, but alas,
they would have none of it.
And now as I lie on my deathbed,
I suddenly realize:
If I had only changed myself first,
Then by example I would have changed my family.
From their inspiration and encouragement,
I would have been able to better my country and, who knows,
I may have changed the world.

From No More Mondays by Dan Miller

From Expectancy Press

How to Prepare for a Suddenly (MP3)
Does preparing for a suddenly make it less amazing? What if we need to prepare in order to see it happen? Listen to this message by Trevor Lund of http://revtrev.com and be encouraged that God is good and on your side.

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