Aug
15/
08

They’re making fun of us

by Michael Buckingham

The media, unbelievers…you name it…they are making fun of us. Just watch a reality show, of all the christians they could put on to represent that segment they find the most outrageous (and out of touch) person they can find.

Stop…

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Aug
13/
08

Creativity does grow on trees.

by Michael Buckingham

Yep…grow a few creatives, put ‘em in the press…presto! Creative juice. Good for a laugh…and as funny as it is, sometimes I run across people that must think this is how it is done. Just the other day I had…

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Aug
09/
08

Kem Meyer’s Leadership Summit take-aways

by Michael Buckingham
Kem Meyer’s Leadership Summit take-aways

If you were like me and not able to make it out to Willow Creeks Leadership Summit this year, Kem has her 10 take-aways from the conference. Here are some highlights that caught my attention:

    2. God, please rescue me from all…

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Aug
06/
08

Seth on the church and design

by Michael Buckingham
Seth on the church and design

Looks like Seth is jumping into the church arena a bit…good to see him here.

Tony did a Q&A with him as part of the promo for Catalyst and to talk about Seth’s “new” Triibes.com. I put “new” in quotation marks because…

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Aug
03/
08

Alltop. Now in new church flavor.

by Michael Buckingham

I am so glad that the folks at Alltop have added a church category aside from religion…some great stuff on there that I’ve been following and some new stuff to start watching. In case you’re not familiar with alltop it’s a site…

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Jul
31/
08

Change We Can Believe In

by Michael Buckingham
Change We Can Believe In

Granger is running a new series with the title “Change We Can Believe In” and it’s spurred an interesting post in the Church Marketing Lab.

As most of you know, I’m a pretty big fan of originality and don’t put a…

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Jul
29/
08

If this is you…stop it.

by Michael Buckingham

This video is SO funny…until it happens to you. Pastors, please lend me your ear. Be a pastor, be a leader…and realize that part of being a leader is letting those you have put in place use the ability God…

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Jul
24/
08

Though shall not covet thy neighboring church

by Michael Buckingham

I wrote a reply to a great post at Phil’s blog and realized I needed to share it here as well.

In the city I live we once had a great restaurant downtown that was known for great food and the perfect…

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Jul
23/
08

Getting ready for ministryCOM

by Michael Buckingham
Getting ready for ministryCOM

I’m looking forward to ministryCOM 08 this year I will once again lead the Church Marketing Lab LIVE and will also do a session on Sermon Branding.

If you haven’t registered, what are you waiting for? If you register by the end of the…

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Jul
22/
08

The League of Typefaces

by Michael Buckingham

This is great…even if Comic Sans saves the day (which never happens)

*This video wasn’t long enough, so we made it double-spaced.

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