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For those of you on staff at local churches, the holiday season means that you’ve got some hard work ahead of you. I’ve been talking to some creative people at some creative churches about what they’re working on for Christmas, and that got me wondering — how many of you are already working on Christmas stuff? If you have a second, tell us where you’re at:

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It’s Friday, which means it’s time to take a gander back at some newsworthy snippets in our Week in Review.

• Brett McCracken says “Christian film” still stinks. 
• New Superman movies to get the Dark Knight treatment.
• Warner Bros is suing a Bollywood Studio over the new film “Hari Puttar.”
• National Community Church in DC is giving out free tattoos. 
• Will an open source sermon site actually create a good sermon?
• Floodgate has the video of Donald Miller praying at the DNC this week.
• Just scratching the surface of multitouch.
• Tim Stevens talks with Shawn Wood about 200 Pomegranates.
• Camron Ware demonstrates more creative projection in a smaller room. 
• Mozilla’s Ubiquity looks AWESOME!
• Finally! A Christian version of Guitar Hero! What took so long?
• Could a movie about Facebook be in the works?
• Five questions with Brad Lomenick of the Catalyst Conference. 
• We Landed On the Moon! Thanks to the MythBusters for proving this one.
• Ken Wilson gives us good art and just creepy art.

Honorable Rejects:

• No better way to slow down drivers than with this massive speed bump.
• Probably not the best idea for a USB drive, especially for children.

Have a great extended weekend!

Echo is less than 24 hours away, so we’ve been a little busy around here, to say the least. However, we have managed to post a few new articles on the site for your enjoyment, so check them out.

From the July/August Issue:

• A new producer spotlight featuring our friends at WorshipFilms.
• Ryan Barnhart shares his multi-site church experiences in Multi-Site Mishaps and Misconceptions.
• Ben Gastright takes a deep look at Death Cab for Cutie’s Decent.

Web Exclusive:

• Scott McClellan has A Few Questions for the ROOV Team about their new social network site.

I was just reading over a piece for our upcoming  September/October issue, an interview with designer and author Daniel Kantor, when I felt compelled to share this morsel of genius with you. Kantor shared these words with our very own Daniel Darnell:

I think when the technology becomes not only the focal point but the prerequisite, we’ve cheapened not only the art, but our humanity. I’m not against technology. My design firm is filled with high-end technical equipment. But we first practice the fundamental craft of design. We think about things like composition, scale, balance, rhythm, contrast, hospitality, flow. It takes years to learn to master these elements. Technology often presents us with the illusion that you need not think about these things. Yet nothing could be further from the truth if you want your efforts to express something of the human experience. I’m a big fan of technology in service of humanity. It’s the reverse that cheapens us.

Honestly, that might be a bit too deep to fully process on a Monday morning, but it has me thinking. Hopefully it has the same effect on you. And speaking of “hopefully” … hopefully you’re looking forward to the September/October issue–The Design Issue–because it’s gonna be a good one.

Church Marketing Sucks celebrated its 4th birthday yesterday, so I wanted to say congratulations to the CMS team–Brad Abare, Kevin Hendricks, Joshua Cody, and the occasional guest blogger–for their fine work. Blog years must be similar to dog years because the genius, wisdom, and insight of CMS is far beyond that of any 4-year-old I’ve ever met. And what a great motto: Frustrate. Educate. Motivate. (Remember, I’m a big fan of mottos.)

Keep up the great work, guys.