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2015-10-08T07:17:47-06:00

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Is Creativity a Habit?: 8 Habits of Highly Creative People

Last updated on: October 8, 2015 at 7:17 am By Tim Suttle

There’s an interesting article up at Fast Company by a writer named Stephanie Vozza. She typically writes in the productivity slash organizer vein, so Vozza brings that sensibility to bear on the concept of creativity. The article caught my eye because I’m prepping a sermon series dealing with art and beauty. I’ve been reading Hans Urs von Balthasar’s theological aesthetics for three straight days now. Either I’m losing my mind or Balthasar is just a tough read. Half of the time I have to... Read more

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2015-10-06T06:59:52-06:00

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10 Great Words You Should Know and Use – Fall 2015

Last updated on: October 6, 2015 at 6:59 am By Tim Suttle

“Please, don’t torture me with cliches. If you’re going to try to intimidate me, have the courtesy to go away for a while, acquire a better education, improve your vocabulary, and come back with some fresh metaphors.” ― Dean Koontz One doesn’t have a good vocabulary; one maintains a good vocabulary. Words come into use, they fall away. Writers get tracked into patterns of speech that amount to a regression toward the mean. We have to work diligently at the use... Read more

2015-10-02T11:26:27-06:00

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Another Act of Madness: Gunman Told Christians “You’re Going to See God In Just About One Second”

Last updated on: October 2, 2015 at 11:26 am By Tim Suttle

It was another act of attention seeking madness in this gun-crazed, violence-obsessed society of ours… and there’s no making sense of it. I resonate with the comments of President Obama yesterday – I feel numb; like a fog has come over my mind. But, I refuse to let this become normal. The shooting hits home, because the gunman apparently targeted Christians. CNN is reporting that the gunman entered a classroom saying, “I’ve been waiting to do this for years,” the gunman told... Read more

2015-09-30T08:35:36-06:00

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Subterranean: Why the Future of the Church is Rootedness

Last updated on: September 30, 2015 at 8:35 am By Tim Suttle

I’m happy to be participating in an ad hoc blog tour for a new book written by a new friend of mine named Dan White. The book is called Subterranean. My assignment was to engage with Chapter Two… so here goes: Subterranean Ch. 2: Excessive Personality Dan begins with a recollection of his third grade teacher asking his class to draw a picture representing what they wanted to be when they grew up. Taking the larger-than-life persona of the... Read more

2015-09-28T10:05:02-06:00

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My iPhone Has Magic Powers: Monday Morning Confessional

Last updated on: September 28, 2015 at 10:05 am By Tim Suttle

I confess that a few weeks ago I was leaving work at the end of the day, and as I was backing out of my parking space I got an alert on my iPhone. It said, “You are twelve minutes from home.” I had never received a message of this kind before. My first thought was, who is this & how the heck did they know I’m going home right now? It was a little freaky. My next thought was, eleven minutes my arse… I’ll... Read more

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2015-09-25T07:12:53-06:00

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A Priest Walks Into a Bar: Why the Pope’s Visit was Good for Congress & Your Friday Funny All Wrapped Up in One

Last updated on: September 25, 2015 at 7:12 am By Tim Suttle

Why are there so many jokes about a priest walking into a bar? Why was it so powerful when Pope Francis addressed a joint session of Congress? Same reason. The premise of the priest-in-a-bar joke is that someone holy has walked into an unholy place. Bars–or so the jokes suppose–are places where people say and do questionable things they wouldn’t want their priest to know about. The priest represents conscience or virtue. It’s ironic. When Pope Francis addressed Congress–also a place where people say and... Read more

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2015-09-23T05:35:41-06:00

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4 Mistakes Leaders Make While Trying to Avoid Vulnerability

Last updated on: September 23, 2015 at 5:35 am By Tim Suttle

“The hardest lesson I’ve had to learn as a leader is this: If I am not vulnerable, I am not leading.” Shrink, p.44 “We must lead from a position of vulnerability. Most people think that leadership is the exercise of power, but it is not. Leadership that has been informed and transformed by Christ is about learning to embrace vulnerability, leveraging it in ways that will inspire faithfulness in the lives of others. – Shrink, p. 142” One... Read more

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2015-09-19T07:23:51-06:00

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Rich Mullins Died On This Day in 1997: Remembering His Thoughts About the World

Last updated on: September 19, 2015 at 7:23 am By Tim Suttle

When I listen to Rich Mullins’ music (and I still listen), he makes me want to go camping. It’s weird, I know, but it always seems like I could more easily imagine the world he imagined if I could just get off the grid for awhile. And I want to imagine the world that he imagined. Rich used to joke during concerts that in the imagination of his fans he lived on the edge of rivers lighting campfires (the cover... Read more

2015-09-18T06:40:29-06:00

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What Did the Native American Elder Say to the Moon? A Little Friday Funny

Last updated on: September 18, 2015 at 6:40 am By Tim Suttle

This comes from the Indian Country Today Media Network, where they are also fans of the Friday Funny. When NASA was preparing for the Apollo project, they did some astronaut training on a Navajo Indian reservation. One day, a Navajo elder and his son were herding sheep and came across the space crew. The old man, who only spoke Navajo, asked a question, which the son translated: “What are the guys in the big suits doing?” A member of the crew... Read more

2015-09-17T08:25:20-06:00

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The MegaChurch is Like An Athlete On Steroids

Last updated on: September 17, 2015 at 8:25 am By Tim Suttle

If the church is the body of Christ, then the megachurch is like an athlete on steroids. Every major city has a bevy of churches drawing between 5k-25k people. To get a body to grow that big leaders have to use some sort of performance enhancer. These things—typically models, strategies, and techniques gleaned not from the gospel or the Christian narrative, but from the world of business and the narrative of consumer capitalism—serve as performance enhancers that help create enormous congregations with huge... Read more

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