by Michael Buckingham
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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Tags: church, hurt, prayer, stress
by Michael Buckingham
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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Tags: filter, internet, porn
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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Tags: love, reputation
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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Tags: brand, identity, personality
by Michael Buckingham
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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Tags: cows, direction, leadership
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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Tags: copywrite, professional, talents
by Michael Buckingham
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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Tags: ability, skill
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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Tags: broadcasting, critique, television
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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Tags: creativity, development, education
by Michael Buckingham
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:
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Tags: conference, leadership, willowcreek