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2015-11-13T06:13:08-07:00

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The Scientist Who Fired God – A Little Friday Funny

Last updated on: November 13, 2015 at 6:13 am By Tim Suttle

One day, when science had become incredibly advanced. Thanks to the efforts of by bio-medical engineers, most human diseases had been eradicated, and the infant mortality rate was almost zero. Thanks to genetic engineers, nearly all birth defects and genetic diseases could be reversed immediately, and people were living longer than ever. They even learned how to clone human beings in the laboratory, so if anyone died, they could just make a new version of them. So, the scientists and engineers all got together and... Read more

2015-11-12T05:51:30-07:00

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Sneak Peek at the Missional Leadership & Discipleship Course Next Semester at NTS

Last updated on: November 12, 2015 at 5:51 am By Tim Suttle

The mission of God is unmanageable. This is where the conversation about missional leadership begins. When it comes to the kingdom of God, we cannot control outcomes with even the most ingenious models, techniques, and strategies. God is going to do what God is going to do with the church, and God can never be controlled or manipulated. The mission of God is unmanageable. If it’s true that we cannot control the outcomes of ministry, and I think it is, then all... Read more

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2015-11-11T06:08:45-07:00

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Walter Rauschenbusch’s Gospel of the Kingdom of God: A Sermon for All Saints Day

Last updated on: November 11, 2015 at 6:08 am By Tim Suttle

Every year my church spends the month of November studying the lives of four different saints. Typically I only hear the name Walter Rauschenbusch when it precedes a misleading caricature of the Social Gospel movement. Here’s my attempt to commend this great saint to the church. In one of my favorite seminary courses we were assigned the book A Theology for the Social Gospel, by Walter Rauschenbusch. I had never heard of Rauschenbusch, so my plan was to hurry through it so I could... Read more

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2015-10-30T06:20:32-06:00

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Parting Words From an Old Irish Nun – A Little Friday Funny

Last updated on: October 30, 2015 at 6:20 am By Tim Suttle

At the age of 16 a young Irish girl joined a convent. The young girl had never had a drop of alcohol, never told a lie, and never been with a man. She spent the first forty years praying the daily office, serving the poor, and giving herself in friendship to the other nuns. Over the decades the other nuns noticed that the woman had grown very wise. Anytime there was a big decision they would lean on her advice.... Read more

2015-10-28T09:10:55-06:00

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A Surprisingly-Sane List of 6 Habits that Help With Your Daily Productivity

Last updated on: October 28, 2015 at 9:10 am By Tim Suttle

I have a complicated relationship with productivity. On one hand, productivity can be about redeeming the time and making the most of my life. Thinking about productivity can push me toward stewardship, maximizing my ability to spend time on things that matter most. On the other hand, productivity can quickly veer off in the direction of neurotic achievement and chronic stress; a sign that I am over-identified with my own accomplishments and attaching too much of my self-worth to my ability to... Read more

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2015-10-26T11:12:32-06:00

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10 Ways to Make Your Life Better

Last updated on: October 26, 2015 at 11:12 am By Tim Suttle

I ran across this question recently and it immediately got my imagination going: What are 10 (or fewer) good habits for a person that can make life better? The habit thing seemed constrictive, but the more general question of 10 ways to make your life better kept piquing my imagination, so I decided to try and give it a shot. Here’s what I came up with. What would yours be? 01 Don’t Manage Outcomes: Most of life is unmanageable. Most of the situations... Read more

2015-10-24T07:04:55-06:00

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Moving Past Hatred with One Simple Rule: No Name Calling

Last updated on: October 24, 2015 at 7:04 am By Tim Suttle

A few years ago I ran across Brene Brown’s TED talk on shame (me and about 6 million other people). The video provoked me to read Brown’s work, and I spent a few years working through her academic research, books, and articles. I think her best written work is in The Gifts of Imperfection, but honestly Brown’s strength is not her writing. It’s her speaking. Brown is a captivating public speaker with a phenomenal ability to connect to an audience that simply doesn’t translate into print.... Read more

2015-10-21T14:26:45-06:00

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Happy 60th Birthday Rich Mullins: Wish You Were Here In America…

Last updated on: October 21, 2015 at 2:26 pm By Tim Suttle

Rich Mullins would have been 60 years old today. Had he lived this long I can only imagine the music he would have made, and the trouble he would have gotten into. Listening to his work still makes me happy. In honor of what would have been a happy day in Rich’s life, here’s an excerpt from a piece he wrote on happiness & one of my favorite songs. 1. Forget about finding happiness. Happiness is not worthy of your... Read more

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2015-10-16T06:26:05-06:00

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The Priest, the Banker & the Lawyer: A Little Friday Funny

Last updated on: October 16, 2015 at 6:26 am By Tim Suttle

An old priest spent his entire life serving the same small parish in an over-crowded city neighborhood. Except for the wealthy parish banker and lawyer, his people were barely scraping by. When the old priest lay dying, he sent a message to the parish banker and lawyer to come to his home and sit with him. When they arrived, the two were immediately taken up to the priests bedroom where they found two chairs in the room, one on either side of the priest’s bed.... Read more

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2015-10-13T15:55:43-06:00

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Would You Rather Live a Successful Life, or a Beautiful One?

Last updated on: October 13, 2015 at 3:55 pm By Tim Suttle

In 1874 this painting, Boulevard des Capucines, by Claude Monet was exhibited at a show in Paris. It actually lives here at the Nelson in Kansas City. I spend a lot of time sitting in front of this painting. I love it, but the initial response to it was not good. One critic called it “Hostile to good artistic manners,” and said it should be a crime to put it on display. When people first saw it, they couldn’t discern... Read more

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