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K goes digital
Posted on 05. Jul, 2011 by Kenny.
Last week, Ryan Frank sent me an email asking if I would write about a big thing that was happening today. He let in on the big secret and I must say that I was pretty excited about it. So, if you haven’t heard already, K Magazine is going digital. Over the years they have played around with a digital version of their magazine, but now they’re offering a free digital version that comes with your paid subscription. That’s a big deal!
Okay, time to get brutally honest. I haven’t subscribed to any magazines specific to ministry in years.
Wait, I can explain. It’s not that I’m against getting magazines or that I felt that magazines didn’t have something worth saying… or something I needed to read. Honestly, I let the subscriptions lapse because I had a backlog stack of magazines sitting in a corner of my office that I hadn’t read yet. Eventually I asked myself, why would I keep paying for a magazine that I wasn’t reading.
At this time, I only have one magazine subscription, and that’s to Wired magazine. I think I enjoy it some much because it feels like more of a hobby… a break from what I do all day/every day. However, at times I’ll have a backlog of those magazines as well.
Why the backlog?
I think I can truthfully say that it’s because magazines are analog media in a digital world. I honestly can’t tell you how many years it has been since I’ve opened a physical Bible. I’ve got it on my phone, why do I need to carry around a big heavy book? Since I’ve added the Kindle app to my iPad, I’ve been devouring books like never before. I do my best reading on the treadmill. The same is true with magazines. I’m planning to pick up my K magazine subscription again, because having access to it on my iPhone or iPad means that I’ll be more likely to read it.
So, good job to the smart people at K Magazine!
Oh, and to celebrate… I’ve got 5 free subscription to give away. The first five people to comment on this post will get a subscription. How great is that. Just do me a favor, if you’re on twitter, tweet a link back to this post after you leave your comment. Don’t forget the #Kidmin.
Oh, and more importantly. You can subscribe right here.
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Sam Luce: He’s famous and he’s my friend
Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by Kenny.
Sam Luce: He’s famous and he’s my friend from Kenny Conley on Vimeo.
Read the article here! Actually you can read the whole magazine!
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One of my life goals: Accomplished!
Posted on 27. Aug, 2008 by Kenny.
This summer I accomplished one of the big goals in my life… to be published. For years I had been talking about writing… actually it’s probably the main reason I started this blog. When I finished my masters degree I decided that I would spend the 15-20 hours a week I had been studying and apply that to writing. Three years went by and I hadn’t written a lick. That’s when I wrote this post… my first post.
A little over 18 months have passed and I’ve written quite a bit. Almost 300 posts to be exact… and I still just feel like I’m getting started. However, because I started blogging, it helped prime the pump if you will and also helped me establish some connections and relationships that have been so valuable to me! Then about 5 months ago my friend Todd emailed me and asked me if I would write a short little article with K Magazine. After reading my series of post on taking kids on missions, he suggested I write a 300 word blurb for the readers of K. Sweet! It was a start.
Since I wasn’t actually even a subscriber of K Magazine yet (not because I didn’t want to… but I was homeless at the moment), I tried to connect with Evan Doyle or Ryan Frank about getting signed up for the magazine before the article came out. In the process of connecting with Ryan (we actually met several years back when I lived in IN and I got the opportunity to come and speak at his church’s camp), he invited me to write a full article for K. Really, I was just trying to subscribe! 
I was honored and thoroughly enjoyed writing my first full article. So, if you get K Magazine, look me up and tell me what you think… I’m on page 66! I’ll write more about this tomorrow.
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