I like Father Michael Pfleger, or at least I liked him back when I was executive producer at WCFC-TV in Chicago and he was a frequent guest on the talk show “Among Friends”. Back then, he was a white priest ministering in a predominantly black part of Chicago and seeing many lives changed. His words…
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Somebody done somebody wrong… again. Scott McClellan was one of President George W. Bush’s posse that moved with him from Austin to the West Wing. He was a trusted insider but left the White House in 2006 after serving as press secretary to the President. His kiss-and-tell book What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of…
Uber-Designer, Michael Buckingham, wrote a great post on his blog today in which he talks about the risk of promoting what you cannot deliver. It’s a good reminder. As I was writing a response, I said to myself, “self” (I said) “this would be a great post on your blog, ergon agathon.” So here it…
Public Relations is a mix of art and science and is a practice every professional needs to master, even if it’s just to market yourself. Today you’ll learn a lesson at the expense of Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for the office of President of the United States. It’s clear the flak that…
I interviewed a young man for an entry-level producer position today. He graduated from college in December, was highly recommended by his department chair, has done a bunch of projects since graduation and now he’s very likely to get a good offer for his first “real” job in television… being mentored by me. Now comes…
One month ago, April 20, 2008, singer/songwriter Steven Curtis Chapman was inducted into the Music City Walk Of Fame in Nashville, TN. Today, one month later, May 21, 2008 tragedy hits the Chapman family. The Nashville Tennessean reported: Steven Curtis Chapman’s youngest child died Wednesday afternoon after being struck by a car driven by her…
Sunday my family and I visited Crossroads Bible Church in Grand Rapids. We had heard good things from some of Kat’s students at Cornerstone University who attend there, but hey, we’ve heard great things about some churches that were just plain scarey! What amazed me was how it resonated with my spirit. I can’t remember…
Check out the new Collide site. I liked the print version of the magazine and was ready not to be impressed with the web version, but it’s tremendous. My buddies Yuri and Travis at the Church Media Group did an incredible job on this site. (They also did a great job with a kiosk project…
I was listening to NPR today on my weekly trip to Lowe’s, and the anchor did a phone interview with an aid worker named Joy who was in China for Mercy Corps. I produced a series of radio programs for them a million years ago and I highly respect their founder Dan O’Neill, so I…
Props to Brad Abare, Michael Buckingham and the geniuses that came up with the Church Marketing Lab. There is a new thread on there that you MUST read. I envision every conference that you’ll go to this year will have at least one slide pulled from this list. Just to get you in the right…
