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Apr
14/
11

Q Conference Portland : Free Ticket

by Michael Buckingham
Q Conference Portland : Free Ticket

Ok, so I attended Q in Chicago last year and loved it. So much so that I bought an advance ticket for this year in Portland. But, I just spent two weeks with back to back travel and…

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Jan
31/
11

A reminder to pastors and artists

by Michael Buckingham
A reminder to pastors and artists

“I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow.” 1 Corinthians 3:6

Along with being an armor bearer, I think Apollos’ description is a good example of the…

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Dec
31/
10

Backwards & Forward List

by Michael Buckingham
Backwards & Forward List

As the new year is right ahead we normally start to think of all the things that are ahead and all the things that we want to accomplish in the new year.

Too often I think we are so…

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Nov
23/
10

The Art of Preaching

by Michael Buckingham
The Art of Preaching

At Holy Cow Creative I focus on bringing art to the way we’re doing church. Sermon branding, identity, print…it’s bringing art more indirectly to your preaching.

But the more I get into it the deeper I fall in…

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Oct
19/
10

Permission to Speak

by Michael Buckingham
Permission to Speak

I’ll be honest, when I first heard about the concept behind Anne Jackson’s newest book, Permission to Speak Freely, I was skeptical. I thought “a christian version of post secret? eh.” I didn’t get it,…

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Aug
28/
10

Game Changer

by Michael Buckingham
Game Changer

It continues to blow my mind, the doors that God opens.

It happened again a month or so ago when I received an email from Todd Rhoades asking me to be a part of The Nines

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Jun
18/
10

Wanting to be VS doing

by Michael Buckingham
Wanting to be VS doing

When I was a kid I wanted to be a fireman when I grew up…or a superhero. But I like my sleep, and not even close to being in shape to fight fires…or villains.

Later in life I thought I…

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Jun
14/
10

No one noticed I shaved my beard.

by Michael Buckingham
No one noticed I shaved my beard.

I’m a guy that can shave in the morning and have a beard by lunch…so maybe it was just out of laziness that I let my beard grow out the last few months. I don’t know, I thought it looked…

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Mar
03/
10

You+My Son = $250 logo

by Michael Buckingham
You+My Son = $250 logo

Recently, my son expressed a greater interest in what I do with Holy Cow! Creative, design, marketing, churches, etc. I love…well, I love that my son wants to learn about what his dad does, I mean come on, but…

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Nov
06/
09

Shock & Awe at Holy Cow! Creative.

by Michael Buckingham
Shock & Awe at Holy Cow! Creative.

It’s a big day for Holy Cow Creative. We’re moving to an office. Up until now our office has been Starbucks, a pizza joint downtown, my home office, but now God has opened up an opportunity that gives us our…

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