Widgets can add lots of dynamic content from other websites to your blog. For example, if you have a YouTube channel, a video widget would make it really easy for you to share your videos on your blog. Every time you add a new video to your channel, the widget on your blog automatically updates itself to reflect those changes. Best of all, widgets are really easy to install. Here’s a screencast that shows you how to install a widget onto your self hosted WordPress blog using WordPress v2.9
And be sure to check out www.Lifewidget.com – a great library of widgets for your ministry blog.
