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…

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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

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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Jul
22/
08

Happy Birthday CMS!

by Michael Buckingham
Happy Birthday CMS!

Be sure to stop on over to Church Marketing Sucks to wish them a Happy Birthday, they just turned 4! While you’re there would you consider giving them a gift?

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Jul
19/
08

Eames: the attitude of design

by Michael Buckingham

A great clip from a 1956 interview with Charles Eames as he debuts the lounge chair. *don’t miss their version of the lapel mic.

Eames designed some of the most beautiful, even by today’s standards, creations and…

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Jul
16/
08

A gun? Are you kidding me?

by Michael Buckingham
A gun? Are you kidding me?

Just when I think I’ve seen it all I read this article at Church Marketing Sucks. Apparently someone thought it would be a good ideas to give away a semiautomatic assault rifle as a church giveaway!

The church’s youth…

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