I dont’ know who this guy is – but this is nothing short of brilliant. Read more

If you are buying a gift for a book lover this year I have some ideas. The obvious ideas – e-readers and such – I won’t bother with because you know all about them. But, there are also a lot of readers who have a very specialized set of needs when it comes to book gear. Often students, pastors, writers and folks have multiple books open at once and need their hands free to write or type at the same... Read more

I had a phenomenal evening talking last night with a group of disciples from Redemption Church in Olathe, KS. We watched this video (below) of Stanley Hauerwas, and talked about despair and what it means to speak like a Christian in the midst of a world that has ceased to believe in God. I felt really fortunate to be a part of the conversation & have been thinking about it ever since. We had a very lively discussion around the... Read more

I confess that I often have a difficult time getting myself to work on Mondays. I spend way too much time reading other people’s blogs and catching up on the news. I confess that navigating the papers online is not nearly as fun or productive as having the real things in my hand. I realize this makes me sound old or snobbish. I confess that I don’t care. I miss paper. I confess that I have been trying to get... Read more

My wife reads REAL SIMPLE magazine. I’ll admit to never reading it. However, I do look through it from time to time because the graphic design is really well done – classic clean look. Anyway, here’s the first time on this blog that I’ve ever featured something from a magazine which targets women as the primary audience. It comes from REAL SIMPLE. This is good stuff. 18 Common Phrases to Avoid in Conversation I picked my favorites: “You look tired.”... Read more

The Suttle family took what will most certainly become a yearly trek down to Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral in downtown KC, to see the Paul Messner Puppets put on their nativity production. I’ll be honest – I was not excited. Time for a little bit of self-disclosure here. Puppets have always freaked me out a little bit. It’s not reasonable I know, but everything about them is just so exaggerated – with their oversized heads and overstated body movements... Read more

I take politics seriously, but I’m not a partisan – I don’t feel at home in any major political party. Maybe that’s why my favorite part of election year is the political satire & humor. I’m going to feature a lot of this here over the next year or so. I promise that I’ll do my best to offend everyone I can on all sides of the political spectrum. First Up: The Atlantic Wire just conducted its own presidential primary... Read more

Okay – don’t stone me… this is stinking hilarious. Personally, my favorite part is when Yoda’s voice-over inverts the structure to “vader know did you?” I’m also a big fan of the juxtaposition of Luke & Vader cutting off each other’s hands. There are few things I love more than Christmas parodies that are sick and wrong in all of the right ways. The person who made this has way too much time on his hands… and I’m oh so... Read more

The announcement of Rob Bell’s recent decision to leave Mars Hill came as no big surprise to most of us. I’ve gotten used to watching pastor’s writing/speaking careers eclipse their life as a pastor. The demands of speaking engagements, travelling, and writing are not that compatible with the demands of leading a local church. It’s hard to find someone who actually writes really well who stays in their parish (so to speak). Most choose to hit the speaking circuit full... Read more

Joel Osteen, Mark Burnett Partner For Reality Show About Lakewood Church Mission Trips Why do I get the feeling this was somehow inevitable! Read more