Levity for Longevity: Humor at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Monday, June 4th, 2007 Posted in Business & Marketing, Company News | No Comments »An article I wrote for TheHighCalling.org was just posted. It's a fun little reflection on humor in the workplace, featuring some of the behind-the-scenes highlights you wouldn't expect from my years at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association: For two and a ...
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Cow
Friday, June 1st, 2007 Posted in God, Church & Stuff | 2 Comments »The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association dedicated their barn-shaped "library"—which is basically an evangelistic tourist trap, animatronic cow included (apparently I was wrong). I wish I was joking. I just have a hard time taking it all seriously, especially when the family ...
Newsweek Interviews Billy Graham
Tuesday, August 8th, 2006 Posted in God, Church & Stuff | 2 Comments »My former employer, Billy Graham, graces the cover of Newsweek and is the feature of a story about his declining health and thoughts toward the end of his life. It's an interesting read. Having worked for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association ...
Billy Graham Fires Lesbian
Thursday, February 10th, 2005 Posted in God, Church & Stuff | 1 Comment »So tonight I was writing a Church Marketing Sucks entry about my former employer, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (nothing ground-breaking, I just noticed they were preaching to the choir with their online advertising), and I came across this news ...
My Salary Pays for BG HQ
Tuesday, August 24th, 2004 Posted in Employment | 4 Comments »This fall the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association will begin moving into their new $27 million headquarters. According to the Charlotte Observer the building was paid for with $17 million from the sale of the property in Minneapolis and $10 million ...
I Have a Marketing Degree!
Tuesday, August 10th, 2004 Posted in Internet | 7 Comments »Well, it finally happened. The immense redesign of billygraham.org (my former employer)—that was initiated only four months after the redesign me and my team slaved over—is finally up. Not everyone is happy with the new look, and I can't say ...
You don’t quit your job! You just go in every day and do it really half-assed.
Friday, July 11th, 2003 Posted in Employment | No Comments »Today was my last day of employment at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. I am now officially unemployed. The sky is clear and bright blue, but it's raining. The pavement is wet, but I am dry. It's good to be done, ...
Billy Graham’s Bible Blasters
Saturday, May 3rd, 2003 Posted in Movies | No Comments »I saw an employee screening of Last Flight Out today, the latest movie from World Wide Pictures, the motion picture arm of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. I'm not usually a fan of Christian movies, so my expectations weren't exactly ...
Christians Like to Whine
Monday, December 30th, 2002 Posted in God, Church & Stuff | No Comments »Sometimes I think Christians are all about whining. Look at me, I'm a Christian, and here I am whining. Christians seem to spend more time whining about the things they don't like than actually doing something to remedy what it ...
The Elvis of Christianity
Thursday, December 19th, 2002 Posted in Peoples | No Comments »Assuming Jesus doesn't have the role, Billy Graham is the Elvis of Christianity. Or maybe just 20th century Christianity. Either way, Billy Graham has been the man when it comes to Christianity for more than 50 years. The guy has preached ...
