Beauty Buys I Keep Reordering
Skin care, makeup and hair products from my own Amazon order history, first put together for Prime Big Deal Days.
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Church communications, AI for ministry teams, and everything I've written since 2009.
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Creator Gear Worth Buying During Prime Big Deal Days
Cameras, microphones, lights and desk gear for creators, first picked for Prime Big Deal Days and sorted by the problem each one solves.
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What Is Agentic AI and Why Should the Church Pay Attention?
Agentic AI is the next wave after ChatGPT. What makes it different from generative AI, what it could mean for churches, and what to watch for as it arrives.
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How to Build a Church Website with Divi: A Step-by-Step Guide
A plain-language, step-by-step plan for building your church website with Divi: the pages to build first, the order to build them in, and a launch checklist.
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How to Build a Personal Website with Claude Code (and Host It for Free)
How I rebuilt katieallred.com with Claude Code and free GitHub Pages hosting: the steps, the prompts I used, what it costs, and when WordPress is still the b...
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What Is IndexNow and Why Your Church Website Needs It
IndexNow tells Bing and other search engines the moment your church website changes. What it is, how to turn it on in WordPress, and what to ask your developer.
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Deepfakes, Misinformation, and the Church's Responsibility in the Age of AI
Deepfakes and misinformation spread fast in church group chats. What they are, why the church must respond, and why media literacy is discipleship.
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AI Audio and Video Tools the Church Should Be Experimenting With
AI now makes music, voices and video. What SUNO, ElevenLabs and HeyGen can do for your church, and the ethical questions to answer before you use them.
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AI Image Tools Every Church Communicator Should Know
Create original church graphics in seconds. What DALL-E, Midjourney and Ideogram each do well, plus tips for getting better AI images for your ministry.
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Using AI to Write Sermons, Newsletters, and Social Posts Without Losing Your Voice
Worried AI will make you sound robotic? How to use it for sermon prep, newsletters and social posts as a starting point, and keep your voice your own.