Feb
20/
08

30 Days of Sex! Praise the Lord!

by Michael Buckingham
30 Days of Sex! Praise the Lord!

Now here’s a challenge I can get my hands around! Relevant Church in Tampa, Florida has issued a 30 Days of Sex (or not if you’re not married) challenge. There are so many cool things about this.

First it is getting a…

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Feb
19/
08

This is what yellow sounds like

by Michael Buckingham

Gap has launched a fun project, Sound of Color, in which they asked various artists to create music based on a specific color. Below is Marie Digby’s translation of the color yellow.

found at Three Minds.

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Feb
18/
08

24.fourteen conference

by Michael Buckingham

If God puts something across your path that may not be the picture of how you see your calling, take a step back and remember: it’s not about you.

I had the honor of doing just that this weekend as a…

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Feb
14/
08

Move over Hallmark

by Michael Buckingham
Move over Hallmark

Life Clever points us to greeting cards that actually don’t suck. Maybe it’s just because I see everything through a designer’s eye, but it really is hard to find a greeting card that I can actually put my name on…they’re usually…

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Feb
13/
08

“It’s Better To Be Down By Four, Than By Three”

by Michael Buckingham
“It’s Better To Be Down By Four, Than By Three”

That’s a quote from Eli Manning in an interview after winning Super Bowl XLII. At first glance it seems that he must have gotten hit too hard, after all a field goal wouldn’t be too hard to tie the game…

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Feb
11/
08

From caves to computers : a history of design

by Michael Buckingham
From caves to computers : a history of design

Many think of graphic design to be something belonging to recent history, birthed by big brands. Graphic design, or visual communication, has in fact existed for thousands of years.

The History of Visual Communication gives a brilliant visual history of the birth…

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Feb
05/
08

My [fill in the blank] doesn’t understand

by Michael Buckingham
My [fill in the blank] doesn’t understand

It’s one of the most frustrating things in the world of church marketing. The people around you, maybe it’s the church administrator, maybe it’s the church board, or even the pastor, don’t understand the impact of marketing and excellence in…

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Feb
04/
08

Where did the great Super Bowl commercials go?

by Michael Buckingham
Where did the great Super Bowl commercials go?

I don’t follow football religiously, I can’t tell you who won the AFC last year or anyone’s record. Fortunately, I do enjoy watching the game because what is normally my highlight of the Super Bowl was a complete disappointment this…

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Jan
31/
08

Stop stealing from sinners

by Michael Buckingham
Stop stealing from sinners

I was chatting with Terrell Sanders of ministryCOM and during our conversation, we were talking about the possibility of speaking on sermon branding at the conference, we stumbled upon a pet peeve of mine. Church “creatives” stealing ideas from Hollywood. You’ve…

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Jan
28/
08

Sermon series highlight: Grow Up Great

by Michael Buckingham
Sermon series highlight: Grow Up Great

This sermon series, for Sam Rijfkogel at Grand Rapids First, is all about pressing towards greatness. The series was also attached to their Vision Sunday, Martin Luther King day and Sanctity of Life day – A tall order.

We quickly threw…

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