Mar
18/
11

Concept always wins.

by Michael Buckingham
Concept always wins.

One struggle I see (and struggle with) on a pretty consistent basis is the tension between execution and concept. Artists are visual people, visuals lead the way for us and this often causes us to focus on how our communications…

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Feb
07/
11

My Super Bowl picks (the ads)

by Michael Buckingham
My Super Bowl picks (the ads)

Ok, here’s a rundown of my favorite commercials

VW : This won’t sell any cars (hardly even knew it was a VW) but so stickin’ cute and reminded me of something I’d do with Parker.

Bridgestone : here’s

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Feb
05/
11

Fight!

by Michael Buckingham
Fight!

So I’m enjoying this rivalry already, think it will mean good things for all of us.

Who’s winning this round of the match?

Verizon

AT&T

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Jan
31/
11

A reminder to pastors and artists

by Michael Buckingham
A reminder to pastors and artists

“I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow.” 1 Corinthians 3:6

Along with being an armor bearer, I think Apollos’ description is a good example of the…

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Dec
31/
10

Backwards & Forward List

by Michael Buckingham
Backwards & Forward List

As the new year is right ahead we normally start to think of all the things that are ahead and all the things that we want to accomplish in the new year.

Too often I think we are so…

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Dec
13/
10

Happy Birthday Jesus

by Michael Buckingham
Happy Birthday Jesus

So a few weeks ago Carrie suggested we bake a birthday cake and sing happy birthday to Jesus as a Christmas tradition.

Really? A birthday cake? How many candles do I put on it? And what kind of cake…

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Nov
23/
10

The Art of Preaching

by Michael Buckingham
The Art of Preaching

At Holy Cow Creative I focus on bringing art to the way we’re doing church. Sermon branding, identity, print…it’s bringing art more indirectly to your preaching.

But the more I get into it the deeper I fall in…

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Nov
19/
10

Selling what no one is buying.

by Michael Buckingham
Selling what no one is buying.

I never thought I’d do it again. Really never gave it a second thought, it was part of an old way of life. Or so I thought.

I even walked away at first, but I went back to do that…

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Nov
02/
10

Jesus Approved

by Nathan Hoogshagen
Jesus Approved

When Nathan asked for a set of the stamps I used as a part of my “Jesus Hates Papyrus” talk because they use them as part of their creative team, I had to know how they were using them.…

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Oct
19/
10

Permission to Speak

by Michael Buckingham
Permission to Speak

I’ll be honest, when I first heard about the concept behind Anne Jackson’s newest book, Permission to Speak Freely, I was skeptical. I thought “a christian version of post secret? eh.” I didn’t get it,…

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