Monkey Outta Nowhere

Love Will Find a Way

Allison Vesterfelt invited me to write a guest post on her blog about my new book, 137 Books in One Year. I shared the truth that if you love something, you'll find a way to do it.

137 Books in One Year

We're in the midst of launching a new book project, 137 Books in One Year: How to Fall in Love With Reading. We'll be offering the digital version for free from Feb. 5-7 on Amazon. Read more about the project.

137 Books in One Year

137 Books in One Year: How to Fall in Love With Books is a practical guide to reading a lot. It’s about falling in love with books again and discovering the habits to help you read more. Author and Head Monkey Kevin D. Hendricks read 137 books in 2012 without giving up TV, a day job or becoming completely antisocial. He shares what worked for him, including carrying a book everywhere (including church), reclaiming idle moments (software loading), and not being ashamed of genre (he’s partial to post-apocalyptic sci-fi).

The booklet is a quick read so you can absorb the ideas, figure out what might work for you and fall in love with reading again. We handled the entire project from beginning to end. Learn more about the book.

The Stephanies

The Stephanies is a short, goofy little story about two girls who are both named Stephanie. Sharing a name causes all kinds of problems and the two girls continually square off:

“My name is Stephanie!”
“No, my name is Stephanie!”

“Grr…” both girls grumbled.

It’s great fun. If you’re into children’s books, think more Robert Munsch than Margaret Wise Brown.

Our Head Monkey Kevin D. Hendricks and his 6-year-old daughter wrote The Stephanies together over the summer of 2012. We handled the entire publishing process, from beginning to end. Learn more about the project.

Kids Creating Stuff Online eBook

iThemes has released a new ebook we wrote, Kids Creating Stuff Online: Inspiring the Innovators of the Future.

100-Acre Expansion at Trout Lake Camps

Trout Lake Camps, a Christian camp in North-Central Minnesota, announced a 100-acre expansion today, in a letter we helped write. We've been doing content writing for Trout since 2007, helping with fundraising, events, announcements and more.

The Stephanies

We recently published The Stephanies, a children's book written by our own Kevin D. Hendricks and his 6-year-old daughter about two girls named Stephanie who don't get along very well.

Halloween & All Saints' Day

Posted a pair of holiday blog entries for Church Marketing Sucks this week, exploring scary church marketing and All Saints' Day heroes.

Getting Started

I'm in the midst of a new series for Church Marketing Sucks, exploring how churches can get started in communication. So far the series is up to nine interviews and counting.

Web Hosting eBook

Recently wrote the free ebook, How to Pick Web Hosting Without a Computer Science Degree, for iThemes.

Olympic Church Lessons

Did a quick round of Olympic blogging this morning, covering lessons for the church from the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Bass Law

Started editing email newsletters for Bass Law this week. It's fun to work with lawyers who create helpful and readable content.

Speaking at Social Media Shepherds

Last week I had the opportunity to share at the Social Media Shepherds gathering. Check out a recap of the conversation.

Power to the Pews Presentation

I'll be speaking at the next Social Media Shepherds event in Minneapolis, sharing a presentation based on the recent Power to the Pews series on Church Marketing Sucks.

Power to the Pews

Finished up the Power to the Pews series at Church Marketing Sucks today.