I opened my inbox this morning and found an email from Rick Warren. That was a surprise to say the least. We’ve never met in person, but you never know who you’ll bump into in the blogosphere.

Rick shared some encouraging words and a really cool idea that got me thinking. Saddleback has always pushed the technological envelope. But I didn’t know that they give all of their new employees an iPod–standard issue. How cool is that? Makes you want to apply for a job doesn’t it And they do their staff training via podcast!

Granted, most of us don’t have hundreds of staff members. But I love the way Saddleback continues to push the envelope despite their size!

This summer we launched an internal podcast to supplement our leadership training for small group and ministry leaders. Internal communication has never been our strength at NCC, but we’re really trying to find ways to remedy that. I think podcasting is one solution. Certainly blogging is another.

Our www.zonegathering.com blog is worth checking out.

It is an invaluable resource for our leaders!