communicating
by Michael Buckingham
I know most of you don’t look at Sunday morning as a presentation…and it certainly is much more than just a presentation, but you are presenting the word of God and Seth Godin has some great advice for those presentations…
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Tags: powerpoint, presentation, screens, seth, visuals
by Michael Buckingham
An interesting look at who the unchurched think and view those of us who believe:
Would You Save Jesus From Murder, A Baffling Dilemma.
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Tags: cross, jesus, murder, unchurched
by Michael Buckingham
I’ll hit the road tomorrow to head to Nashville for the NRB Convention. I have two sessions on Sunday, Escape from the Planet Mundane and Unchurched. Let me give you a preview (and maybe entice you to join me).…
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Tags: connect, nashville, nrb, speaking
by Michael Buckingham
First let me be very clear…I’m not making fun of you and I’m not trying to pick on you. If you your guilty of some of what I’m about to talk about, I’m bringing something to your attention to give…
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Tags: christianese, guests, message, welcome, word
by Michael Buckingham
Many of you have probably heard about this advertising campaign “Why Believe in God…be good for goodness sake.” that has come to DC (and I’m sure we’ll see it in other places as well). Some of you may…
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Tags: blasphemy, bus, CD, marketing campaign, outsider
by Michael Buckingham
A house divided will not stand.
– Abraham Lincoln
I’m already hearing the rumbling. Many within the church are not happy with the results of the election. I’ve heard things like:
“God has taken his hand off of…
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Tags: election, obama, politics
by Michael Buckingham
I remember the biggest question in Halloween was always “where’s the good stuff?” We’d hit the different neighborhoods, scoping them out until we had a pretty good idea who was giving out the big candy bars. Now there’s something better….the…
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Tags: fun, halloween, trick or treat
by Michael Buckingham
Well, I’ll be honest, I didn’t think I was going to like Twitter…but I gotta say, I’m a believer. Now, I’m not in Terry Storch’s camp…it’s not going to replace my blog but it certainly supplements it.
So after…
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Tags: @holycowcreative, follow, twit, twitter
by Michael Buckingham
Ok, so I was going to write a post about Seth Godin’s new book Tribes as it relates to the church and the “tribes” within the church. While you can take many things from Seth’s various books and apply them…
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Tags: books, community, seth godin, tribes
by Michael Buckingham
When we say the word “church” we usually think of the building..you know Sunday morning, a pulpit and stage, maybe some pews. But do we need all those things to have a church?
Not for a community in Pheonix, AZ.…
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Tags: church, community, missions, outreach