August 08, 2007

Shameless Plug...

Some of you may (or may not) know (or care) that I also do a site called Pastor Hacks...Pastorhacks

I try to balance out tech-type stuff with thoughts on pastoral work/productivity and other jive...

You can hit it at either PastorHacks.com or PastorHacks.net

Aug 8, 2007 6:58:59 AM

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