Sep
01/
08

A prayer for the ‘daily grind’

by Michael Buckingham
A prayer for the ‘daily grind’

Christianity today has an article about some new advertising taken out by the Church of England to “soothe commuters travelling into work this morning”. Obviously as we move out of summer into the fall season it becomes a busy…

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Aug
28/
08

Reason #714 to drop IE : Porn mode

by Michael Buckingham
Reason #714 to drop IE : Porn mode

Okay, maybe there aren’t really 713 reasons to not use IE…but there are a number of them. The number one reason is: Firefox is just better. The number two reason: IE is a pain to develop for and now Microsoft…

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Aug
27/
08

What are we known for?

by Michael Buckingham

You need to see this, it asks a very important question: what are christians known for? As a christian you might feel a bit beat up in the beginning…but please, wait until you get to the outreach and confessional portion…powerful…

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Aug
27/
08

Obama’s lessons for church marketing

by Michael Buckingham

This isn’t a political post…but it is about a politician. Obama has taken the elections by storm, here’s a man who on paper would never have a chance to be on the ticket…and yet people are paying attention. For…

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Aug
26/
08

Cows Have Innate Sense of Direction

by Michael Buckingham
Cows Have Innate Sense of Direction

Fox news is reporting that cattle seem to know how to find north and south and have an innate sense of direction. Of course I didn’t know that when I first decided on the name Holy Cow…but I’ll take…

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Aug
23/
08

Reason #28 to hire a copywriter: Purity Balls

by Michael Buckingham

There’s a good post over at the Church Marketing Lab about taglines and how to ‘find’ the right one in which I make the simple statement:

I -highly- recommend finding a great copywriter to work with. It’s easy to…

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Aug
18/
08

Do you have mad skillz or just mad?

by Michael Buckingham
Do you have mad skillz or just mad?

One of the things I want to help the church change is who we put into positions. I adamantly believe we need to be exercising the giftings God has given to us and not trying to fulfill a role we…

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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.…

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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

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