communicating

Apr
15/
09

There’s the Seth Godin I love.

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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Feb
21/
09

Would you have saved Jesus?

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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Feb
06/
09

Goin’ to Nashville (NRB)

by Michael Buckingham
Goin’ to Nashville (NRB)

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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Dec
29/
08

Are you sending mixed messages?

by Michael Buckingham
Are you sending mixed messages?

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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Nov
14/
08

Why Believe in God?

by Michael Buckingham
Why Believe in God?

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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Nov
05/
08

Obama won. Next up: your move.

by Michael Buckingham
Obama won. Next up: your move.

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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Oct
31/
08

The Code of Halloween

by Michael Buckingham
The Code of Halloween

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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Oct
29/
08

My lessons in twitter

by Michael Buckingham
My lessons in twitter

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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Oct
20/
08

Seth beat me to it!

by Michael Buckingham
Seth beat me to it!

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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Sep
22/
08

Can a church have a doorbell?

by Michael Buckingham
Can a church have a doorbell?

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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