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Dec
31/
11

Your resolution will flop.

by Michael Buckingham
Your resolution will flop.

No matter what version you read it out of, Proverbs 19:21 sums up 2011, and really the last 7 years of my life quite well. Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails. You can make many plans, but the LORD’s purpose will prevail. We humans keep [...]

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Nov
14/
11

Learning from the dead

by Michael Buckingham
Learning from the dead

A heavy week last week, attended two funerals. One for Ridley who died unexpectedly and the other for a friends mom, Evelyn, who had been struggling for a long time. I learned a couple of lessons: Don’t wait for a eulogy As I sat at Ridley’s funeral and everyone said amazingly kind words (Rid was [...]

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Sep
26/
11

Holy Cow is moving. (for real)

by Michael Buckingham
Holy Cow is moving. (for real)

If you follow the twitter feed you know that I’m in Atlanta usually once a month working with a great church down there, Victory World Church. You may have also seen some chatter about a move. Well, through a course of events that could only be orchestrated by God (and if you want the whole [...]

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Aug
31/
11

Pimp my design.

by Michael Buckingham
Pimp my design.

Normally I keep all my ideas to myself and only share them with a select few. Protecting them until I can roll them out. But I recently watched an interview with Philip Rosedale who created Second Life and was inspired by his openness to not hold on so tightly to all my ideas. So I [...]

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Jul
28/
11

Is Your Pastor a Jerk?

by Michael Buckingham
Is Your Pastor a Jerk?

Ok, this isn’t really about your pastor. It’s about you. It starts with a very interesting experiment by Adam Galinsky at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Draw the letter E on your forehead. Really. Go ahead. No peeking at the answer. This won’t hurt. Probably. Photo credit: Adam Galinsky, Blackwell Publishing Which does yours [...]

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Jul
15/
11

Week 1 highlights with Google+

by Michael Buckingham
Week 1 highlights with Google+

Congratulations Google, you finally have a winner. While Buzz and Wave were major flops, Google Plus is a winner. Facebook killer? No…it’s more than that. Twitter killer? Not so much even in that arena. Here are my highlights and why G+ will take a very dominant role in the online arena. Making social, personal I [...]

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Jul
04/
11

My Gift of Freedom

by Michael Buckingham
My Gift of Freedom

Aside from helping the church communicate Christ more effectively and with more impact, one of the greatest benefits of owning my own creative studio/consultancy is freedom. I’ve talked with many people about going out on your own and as I see books like Jon Acuff’s Quitter, conferences like Ben Arment’s Dream Year and the economy [...]

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Jun
23/
11

Always be creative

by Michael Buckingham
Always be creative

I have followed The Accidental Creative podcast ever since I first found it a few years ago, if you don’t subscribe…go subscribe now. For me it’s like having someone on the other line that gets where I live. That understands the creative process and the challenges that come along with it. Brilliant stuff. So, when [...]

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Jun
02/
11

Fast Food Church

by Michael Buckingham
Fast Food Church

Stumbled on a great post by Pastor Brady Boyd of New Life Church. I don’t know Pastor Boyd and I’ve never been to New Life Church, but his words here really hit the need of perspective when it comes to church marketing, creative, etc. I’m obviously a big fan of church marketing, but not as [...]

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May
19/
11

Rapture : Mark your calendar

by Michael Buckingham
Rapture : Mark your calendar

eBible Fellowship has been kind enough to let everyone know they figured it out. May 21, 2011 is Judgement Day! Fools right? Well, wait a minute. I think we can learn from them. They really really believe that Saturday is the day. (I’ve still not had anyone confirm if it’s EST or PST) Because they [...]

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