Monday Morning Confessional<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I confess that this summer has surprised me. Not only is my grass still green, but it seems like almost every crazy-hot day is followed by a day that is\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/2013\/08\/monday-morning-confessional-65.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Monday Morning Confessional\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I confess that this summer has surprised me. Not only is my grass still green, but it seems like almost every crazy-hot day is followed by a day that is\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/2013\/08\/monday-morning-confessional-65.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Paperback Theology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=654515438\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-08-12T15:34:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-08-12T20:30:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/wp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/files\/2013\/08\/summer1-150x150.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tim Suttle\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Tim_Suttle\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tim Suttle\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/2013\/08\/monday-morning-confessional-65.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/2013\/08\/monday-morning-confessional-65.html\",\"name\":\"Monday Morning Confessional\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-08-12T15:34:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-08-12T20:30:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/#\/schema\/person\/63a7ffe567a014f809abae15ebfc44a6\"},\"description\":\"I confess that this summer has surprised me. Not only is my grass still green, but it seems like almost every crazy-hot day is followed by a day that is\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/2013\/08\/monday-morning-confessional-65.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/2013\/08\/monday-morning-confessional-65.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/2013\/08\/monday-morning-confessional-65.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Monday Morning Confessional\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/\",\"name\":\"Paperback Theology\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/#\/schema\/person\/63a7ffe567a014f809abae15ebfc44a6\",\"name\":\"Tim Suttle\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ce6d230b7d3a7d50e5fc4b6c265691fb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ce6d230b7d3a7d50e5fc4b6c265691fb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Tim Suttle\"},\"description\":\"Find out more about Tim at TimSuttle.com Tim Suttle is the senior pastor of RedemptionChurchkc.com. He is the author of several books including his most recent - Shrink: Faithful Ministry in a Church Growth Culture (Zondervan 2014), Public Jesus (The House Studio, 2012), & An Evangelical Social Gospel? (Cascade, 2011). Tim's work has been featured at The Huffington Post, The Washington Post, Sojourners, and other magazines and journals. Tim is also the founder and front-man of the popular Christian band Satellite Soul, with whom he toured for nearly a decade. The band's most recent album is \\\"Straight Back to Kansas.\\\" He helped to plant three thriving churches over the past 13 years and is the Senior Pastor of Redemption Church in Olathe, Kan. Tim's blog, Paperback Theology, is hosted at Patheos.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=654515438\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@Tim_Suttle\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/author\/timsuttle\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Monday Morning Confessional","description":"I confess that this summer has surprised me. Not only is my grass still green, but it seems like almost every crazy-hot day is followed by a day that is","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/2013\/08\/monday-morning-confessional-65.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Monday Morning Confessional","og_description":"I confess that this summer has surprised me. Not only is my grass still green, but it seems like almost every crazy-hot day is followed by a day that is","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/2013\/08\/monday-morning-confessional-65.html","og_site_name":"Paperback Theology","article_author":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=654515438","article_published_time":"2013-08-12T15:34:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-08-12T20:30:11+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/wp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/files\/2013\/08\/summer1-150x150.jpg"}],"author":"Tim Suttle","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Tim_Suttle","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tim Suttle","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/2013\/08\/monday-morning-confessional-65.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/2013\/08\/monday-morning-confessional-65.html","name":"Monday Morning Confessional","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-08-12T15:34:13+00:00","dateModified":"2013-08-12T20:30:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/#\/schema\/person\/63a7ffe567a014f809abae15ebfc44a6"},"description":"I confess that this summer has surprised me. Not only is my grass still green, but it seems like almost every crazy-hot day is followed by a day that is","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/2013\/08\/monday-morning-confessional-65.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/2013\/08\/monday-morning-confessional-65.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/2013\/08\/monday-morning-confessional-65.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Monday Morning Confessional"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/","name":"Paperback Theology","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/#\/schema\/person\/63a7ffe567a014f809abae15ebfc44a6","name":"Tim Suttle","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ce6d230b7d3a7d50e5fc4b6c265691fb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ce6d230b7d3a7d50e5fc4b6c265691fb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Tim Suttle"},"description":"Find out more about Tim at TimSuttle.com Tim Suttle is the senior pastor of RedemptionChurchkc.com. He is the author of several books including his most recent - Shrink: Faithful Ministry in a Church Growth Culture (Zondervan 2014), Public Jesus (The House Studio, 2012), & An Evangelical Social Gospel? (Cascade, 2011). Tim's work has been featured at The Huffington Post, The Washington Post, Sojourners, and other magazines and journals. Tim is also the founder and front-man of the popular Christian band Satellite Soul, with whom he toured for nearly a decade. The band's most recent album is \"Straight Back to Kansas.\" He helped to plant three thriving churches over the past 13 years and is the Senior Pastor of Redemption Church in Olathe, Kan. Tim's blog, Paperback Theology, is hosted at Patheos.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=654515438","https:\/\/twitter.com\/@Tim_Suttle"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/author\/timsuttle"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

{"id":2234,"date":"2013-08-12T09:34:13","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T15:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/?p=2234"},"modified":"2013-08-12T14:30:11","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T20:30:11","slug":"monday-morning-confessional-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/2013\/08\/monday-morning-confessional-65.html","title":{"rendered":"Monday Morning Confessional"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

$\"\"$ <\/a>I confess that this summer has surprised me. Not only is my grass still green, but it seems like almost every crazy-hot day is followed by a day that is rainy and relatively cool. Not that I\u2019m ready to profess my love for summer \u2013 still too many down-sides for me to get on board yet (humidity, mosquitoes, wasps, poison ivy, hot steering wheels\u2026). However, I don\u2019t remember any triple digit days in July or August so far. I\u2019m feeling grateful today for a mild summer so far\u2026 hoping August will cooperate.<\/p>\n

I confess that I am sometimes insecure, and that my typical response to insecurity is perfectionism. I confess that both of these cause unnecessary anxiety in my life. I confess that last week a friend emailed me a grammatical error in a post and I did not go fix it. This felt like real progress for me. If you find the post I\u2019ll mail you a free copy of An Evangelical Social Gospel?<\/em>. (rules: not just any grammatical error will due \u2013 it has to be the one I\u2019m thinking of. I\u2019m sure there are more than just the one).<\/p>\n

I confess that the Royals made a pretty impressive move by grabbing Jamie Carroll in a trade with the Twins. When was the last time moving from the Twins to the Royals was a step up?<\/p>\n

I confess that I\u2019m getting closer on my writing deadline on Shrink.<\/em> Three weeks left \u2013 just a few more chapters to go. My gremlins say to me, \u201cThis book sucks. Everything you are saying has already been said. It\u2019s a good idea but you are not executing it very well. You haven\u2019t spent enough time on it. Nobody will like it.\u201d I\u2019m trying to tell my gremlins that they can bite me. My objective is not to get people to like the book, or me for that matter. My objective is to try to say what I think, and make a good argument for what I believe in, without worry about how it will be received. I know that once I get the 1st draft done, I will have some serious work to do in order to get this thing ready for public consumption, so I\u2019ll let that be the 2nd goal\u2026 right now the goal is a passionate and reasonably coherent 65k. I confess that this is by far the most ambitious writing project I\u2019ve ever taken on, and I usually don\u2019t feel up to the task. Still, I\u2019m excited and scared to start letting other people see what I\u2019ve been doing. So far my wife is the only one who has read much of the current version.<\/p>\n

I confess that Toothbrush technology has changed considerably since I was a kid. My sons have these toothbrushes that play the intro to Queen\u2019s song \u201cWe are the Champions,\u201d \u2013 the \u201cwe will, we will, rock you,\u201d stuff, all the way through the guitar solo. Killer guitar solo, btw. The music is supposed to tell them how long they have to brush their teeth. I have to say, however, it\u2019s also not a bad way to start the day for our family in the bathroom\u2026 a little \u201cwe will rock you.\u201d I\u2019m seriously considering investing in some sort of good stereo in order to enhance the morning\/evening routines. I\u2019m imagining a playlist of 3 minute tooth-brushing songs.<\/p>\n

I confess that I have scheduled a Dr.\u2019s appointment for the first time in 16 years. (To be honest, my wife scheduled it for me). I\u2019m a relatively healthy person, but that number even seems a little off to me\u2026 no better time than the present, right?<\/p>\n

I confess that I\u2019m up and running on my own Audible account. After I turn in this manuscript to Zondervan, I\u2019m planning on going on a serious reading binge. I\u2019m hoping to carve out a niche for myself in History and Biography. Any suggestions? Right now I\u2019m thinking about: Team of Rivals<\/em> (Kearns-Goodwin), Truman<\/em> (David McCullough), Jack<\/em> (Geoffrey Perret), American Lion<\/em> (Meacham), and a few others. I\u2019m seriously looking for suggestions, so fire away.<\/p>\n

I confess that the dog days of summer can be tough on a church. Everybody goes on vacation, and there can seem to be a lack of energy and even unity with everyone running in different directions. I will be glad when everyone gets back into the school-year schedule and we can start to have some consistency in our rhythm of life together.<\/p>\n

Okay friends, I made my confession. Now it\u2019s time for you to make yours\u2026<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"