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2016-01-01T08:04:45-07:00

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The First Word of 2016 Goes to Wendell Berry

Last updated on: January 1, 2016 at 8:04 am By Tim Suttle

If Wendell Berry were editing the aphorism, “Hell is other people” it would become, “Hell is busy people in search of something more, or something else… Heaven is a good friend.” On this first day of 2016 we do well to consider these hells and heavens that we inhabit, that we have made of the world. “Hell is in business here all the time,” Berry says, “Heaven too, or we couldn’t stand it.” I was in the audience the evening the video below was... Read more

2015-12-30T07:52:31-07:00

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New Dictionary Words for 2015: An A-Z Snapshot

Last updated on: December 30, 2015 at 7:52 am By Tim Suttle

Words, language, meaning, narrative… these are things that I love, and that are essential to human culture. The English language is not a fixed point. Words come and go, and usage of old words is constantly changing. The path our language takes as it progresses can tell us a lot about our culture. Here’s a quick look at a few of the words we officially embraced in 2015 – one for every letter of the alphabet. autotune: The correction of an... Read more

2015-12-29T06:54:34-07:00

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Sermonsmith Episode 60: Tim Suttle – Conversations About the Craft of Sermon Preparation

Last updated on: December 29, 2015 at 6:54 am By Tim Suttle

Sermonsmith is a podcast dedicated to celebrating and learning about the rhythms, workflows, tools, and prayers used by the people who are deeply engaged in the art of sermon writing. It’s creator and host John Chandler, a church planter and part-time web developer from Austin, generates a bi-weekly podcast that is straight forward: John interviews pastors and ministry leaders about their approach to the task of sermon preparation. There’s virtually no aspect of the peculiar art form of sermon writing that John has not mulled... Read more

2015-12-27T07:56:43-07:00

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Your 2016 Church Goals Should Start Here

Last updated on: December 27, 2015 at 7:56 am By Tim Suttle

The most powerful reason the church is struggling in North America right now is that the church’s way of being in the world does not represent a genuine alternative to the norms of the culture. Nearly every pastor or ministry leader I’ve ever met operates with the assumption that their job is to make their ministry successful. When leaders accept this premise and use it as a guiding principle, they allow the American story of bigger, better, higher, faster, and stronger... Read more

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2015-12-24T08:00:59-07:00

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The Prophet Mary: A Sermon for Advent

Last updated on: December 24, 2015 at 8:00 am By Tim Suttle

If you would rather, you can listen to the talk here. It’s kind of hard to imagine Christmas without the Christmas music, isn’t it? Just a quick show of hands: Who gets really into the Christmas songs, It’s one of your favorite parts of the season? Who gets really tired of the songs? It’s interesting to me that when Luke tells the story of Jesus’s birth, every now & then his characters just spontaneously break into song. It’s like a... Read more

2015-12-22T07:22:29-07:00

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6 Tips for a Peaceful Family Get Together

Last updated on: December 22, 2015 at 7:22 am By Tim Suttle

What’s the famous line? If you can’t spot the sucker at the table in the first five minutes, then you are the sucker. It’s easy to head home to see the family dreading that interaction with the family member who drives you crazy… or you might be the person who drives everyone crazy. Whatever the situation, it takes some good mental preparation to step back into our family of origin without crashing into one another and causing some damage. I... Read more

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2015-12-20T13:57:58-07:00

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Prayers Going Out to Jimmie Carter Today

Last updated on: December 20, 2015 at 1:57 pm By Tim Suttle

I love the fact that after being president of the United States, starting Habitat for Humanity, a life of active international diplomacy, and a battle with cancer earlier this year, Jimmie Carter still teaches Sunday School and takes it seriously. I was sad to hear today that his grandson went down for a nap and never woke up, but heartened by the report that he still went to church to be with his friends. Newser is reporting: Jimmy Carter told the... Read more

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2015-12-18T05:52:46-07:00

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Sabermetrics and John the Baptist: A Sermon for Advent

Last updated on: December 18, 2015 at 5:52 am By Tim Suttle

In 1971 a Lawrence man named Bill James was the last person from the state of Kansas to be sent to fight in Vietnam. He spent 2 years overseas then came back to Lawrence to finish college at KU. By 1975 he had degrees in English, Economics, Education, but his passion was baseball, & he wanted to be a writer. James took a job as a night watchman Stokely-Van Camps Pork & Beans cannery in Lawrence & started writing articles... Read more

2015-12-16T06:20:32-07:00

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There’s Something About Mary: Advent Offers us a Chance to Learn From Jesus’ Mother & We Should Take It

Last updated on: December 16, 2015 at 6:20 am By Tim Suttle

It’s become a tradition at my church to spend one Sunday talking about Mary each year during advent. For protestants in general, and evangelicals in particular, Mary has been avoided like the plague. If we talk about Mary at all our tendency is to either sentimentalize her, thereby taking away her toughness, or we confine her to the Christmas story and a much smaller role than the New Testament itself warrants. Either way, the role that Mary should play in our life... Read more

2015-12-15T07:52:07-07:00

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Ten Gift Ideas for Book Lovers – 2015

Last updated on: December 15, 2015 at 7:52 am By Tim Suttle

Book lovers are a picky bunch. Trust me, pajamas with books on them will be more likely to appeal to those who don’t read books. We don’t want bookmarks. We don’t want Dr. Seuss bedsheets. We want, well, books mostly. We want cool ways to organize and display our books. We want ways to play with the books we already have. We want a deeper connection to the authors we love, and to their work. With that in mind, here are... Read more

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