The benefits of CTRN’s Online Member Directory over Lifetouch/Olan Mills

Olan Mills (acquired by Lifetouch in November, 2011) has been the gold standard for church directories for years.  Church members have their formal portrait taken on a specified date and are required to sit with a sales person to view the pictures.  Lifetouch is in...

Family, Community, and Connections

I just finished reading an article highlighting the importance of building community within churches and faith communities.    The author reminded me of something I learned years ago, “Humans long to be part of something important, to connect with other people, to be...

Connections Matter

John Donne, a philosopher from the 17th century said, “No man is an island.”   He was right…. then and now.   People do not thrive when they are isolated from others. We live in an interconnected world…. a fast paced…. interconnected world.  My iPhone vibrates, my...