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Every post on Katie Allred's blog since 2009, grouped by year: church communications, AI for ministry teams, online community, web design, faith, and life.
2026
- AI Is a Tool, Not a Pastor: Keeping the Human Heart in Church Communications
- How to Build a Coach, Consultant, or Speaker Website with Divi
- How to Use AI for Biblical Research and Sermon Prep (Without Losing the Spirit)
- How to Build a Sermon Archive and Events Page Your Church Will Actually Keep Updated
- Why I Moved My Website to Cloudflare (and Can Finally Publish on My Own)
- How to Build a Small Business Website with Divi That Actually Brings In Customers
- 7 Divi Features Every Church Communicator Should Be Using
- Why Your Church Should Retire the Clipboard (and Use SignUpChurch Instead)
- How to Build a Donation-Ready Nonprofit Website with Divi
- Small Dog Favorites I Actually Buy
- Beauty Buys I Keep Reordering
- Creator Gear Worth Buying During Prime Big Deal Days
- What Is Agentic AI and Why Should the Church Pay Attention?
- How to Build a Church Website with Divi: A Step-by-Step Guide
- How to Build a Personal Website with Claude Code (and Host It for Free)
- What Is IndexNow and Why Your Church Website Needs It
- Deepfakes, Misinformation, and the Church's Responsibility in the Age of AI
- AI Audio and Video Tools the Church Should Be Experimenting With
- AI Image Tools Every Church Communicator Should Know
- Using AI to Write Sermons, Newsletters, and Social Posts Without Losing Your Voice
- How AI Can Help Your Church Comms Team Do More With Less
- Stop Winging It: How to Create a Church Communications Strategy That Actually Works
- How to Build a Social Media Content Calendar for Your Church (Without Losing Your Mind)
- The 5 Emails Every Church Should Be Sending (But Probably Isn't)
- Why Your Church Website Is Still Your Most Important Outreach Tool
- The Art of the Prompt: How to Talk to AI So It Actually Helps You
- ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini: Which AI Tool Is Right for Your Church?
- 5 Ways Your Church Can Start Using AI Right Now
- The AI Bias Problem: Why the Church Must Be at the Table
- What Is AI and Why Should Your Church Care?
2025
- Church Communications Is a Ministry, Not a Department
- The 90-Day Plan for Every New Church Communications Director
- Church Communicators Are Ministers, Not Secretaries
- Does Your Church Have a Crisis Communication Plan? (You Need One Before You Need One)
- How to Get Your Church in the News (Without Hiring a PR Firm)
- Should Your Church Advertise? (Yes. Here's How to Start.)
- How to Use Facebook Groups to Build Real Community Around Your Church
- Does Your Church Website Pass the 5-Second Test?
- Your Church Doesn't Need to Be on Every Social Media Platform
- Digital Ministry Is Real Ministry: Why Online Outreach Matters for the Church
- Your Church Has a Brand (Whether You Like It or Not)
- The 7 Questions Every Church Should Answer Before Making a Communications Plan
2021
2019
2017
2016
- 18 Powerful Examples of Churches Using the Divi Theme
- 27 Awesome Lessons from Reading Proverbs on Facebook Live
- Best Way to Keep Your Teens Safe on Facebook [10+ Settings]
- 5 Questions You Should Ask Yourself After Every Mission Trip (Also What I Learned from #CreativeMissions)
- 15 Powerful Examples of Churches Using the Divi Theme
- 14+ Awesome Facebook Groups for Church Leaders
- 8 Tips for Kids and Social Media
2015
- How to Start an Awesome Blog in 4 Easy Steps
- The Most Affordable (and Powerful!) Email Tools in 2015
- 10 of the Best Sites for Learning Copywriting
- How to Hack Content Curation
- 12 Church Communication Experts on Twitter Right Now
- The Quick and Easy Way to Install Wordpress on MAMP
- Using Divi? Here are 10 Powerful Examples of the Theme
- How to Peel Peaches Quickly and Easily 🍑
- Why I Stopped Setting Goals and Started Challenging Myself
- Online Strategic Communicators Code of Ethics
- How to Become a Better Copywriter
- How I Survived Braces and Upper Jaw Surgery
- My Top 5 Favorite Verses from the Bible
- How to Use SnapChat for Churches
- How to Know You Have a Great Boss
2014
2013
- Three Lessons Learned from Grief
- Jesus Waited
- How to Make Simple Homemade Biscuits
- Jeni's Ice Cream Review
- How to Quickly Create Labels in Excel/Word
- Opry Country Classics at the Ryman
- Places to Eat in Nashville
- The Cross
- #rightnow
- Top 5 Free Stock Photography Sites
- Jon Acuff's Chair
- Friendship is the Best Ship
- Home
- Top Twenty of PS22 Choir 2013
- Language is Important
- How to Grill Steak
- Beginning with SEO
- Easy Fruit Pizza
- Amazon Price Tracker