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2014-12-15T10:22:31-07:00

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Monday Morning Confessional: Godspeed John Hampton

Last updated on: December 15, 2014 at 10:22 am By Tim Suttle

I was at a party Friday night when I heard John Hampton had died. I was taken aback by how sad the news made me. I’ve been thinking of John and the whole Ardent family ever since. When we were making records at Ardent Studios in Memphis, John Hampton would usually be mixing or producing some big artist in another room, but he’d still stop by once or twice a day to listen to our little piss-ant band and goof around. John had... Read more

2014-12-11T10:41:50-07:00

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Performance Riders, Doomsday Preppers, & Advent: Isaiah 40:1-11 (Advent 2B)

Last updated on: December 11, 2014 at 10:41 am By Tim Suttle

In the entertainment business there’s this thing called a performance rider, a written list of the artist’s demands. The promoter agrees to prepare the venue exactly the way the artist likes it. The instructions for this are all in the rider. Given the prevalence of artistic eccentricity, some of the demands can be absurd. Beyonce’s Rider asks to be provided with a $900 titanium drinking straws & special alkaline water served at exactly 21°. Also anyone backstage is required wear only 100%... Read more

2014-12-04T06:20:32-07:00

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Top Ten Gift Ideas For Book Lovers – 2014.

Last updated on: December 4, 2014 at 6:20 am By Tim Suttle

As a book lover, and I don’t mean to be harsh, I find most of the gift ideas for book lovers to be terribly disappointing. 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, nor do we want–wait for it–a bedtime story duvet cover (yes, it’s a thing). Here’s what we want: we want books. We want cool ways to organize and display our books. We want ways to... Read more

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2014-12-03T06:11:16-07:00

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Advent: The Great Decrescendo (Advent 1B – Isaiah 64:1-9)

Last updated on: December 3, 2014 at 6:11 am By Tim Suttle

This was the message on the first Sunday of Advent, 2014 for Redemption Church. If you are a pastor feel free to copy & steal (w/attribution please!). You can listen to the message here. Advent 1B – Isaiah 64:1-9 / Waiting “O, that you would tear open the heavens and come down.” Today marks the beginning of the season of Advent, which is the 1st day in the new church year. So, by the Christian Calendar, today is... Read more

2014-12-01T09:15:33-07:00

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Monday Morning Confessional

Last updated on: December 1, 2014 at 9:15 am By Tim Suttle

I confess that I have not written a Monday Morning Confessional since October 20th. That I have not written one has much to do with the fact that I am attempting to take a real Sabbath from Sunday afternoon until Monday afternoon. My definition of Sabbath is anything but rigid. Sabbath means almost anything that encourages delight, a joy or enjoyment of the delectability of time. Sabbath is not necessarily the cessation of work, but the cessation of restlessness (Brueggemann said that).... Read more

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2014-11-27T07:49:12-07:00

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Religion that Professes Concern with the Souls of Men, but Not the Slums that Damn Them…

Last updated on: November 27, 2014 at 7:49 am By Tim Suttle

“Any religion that professes to be concerned with the souls of men and is not concerned with the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them, and the social conditions that cripple them, is a spiritually moribund [at the point of death] religion.” – Martin Luther King Jr. In a letter written on April 17, 1959, President Richard Nixon issued an invitation to Martin Luther King Jr. to join him at a conference to talk about how religious... Read more

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2014-11-24T21:52:23-07:00

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On Civil Disobedience

Last updated on: November 24, 2014 at 9:52 pm By Tim Suttle

This essay was originally a sermon written for Redemption Church on November 09, 2014. If you are a pastor, feel free to copy and steal. __________________________________ “Even powers that seem invincible are vulnerable to love, which is why God’s love has so often taken the form of the civil disobedience of God’s people.” __________________________________ Somewhere around four hundred years had passed since Joseph interpreted Pharaoh’s dream and became Chief of Staff. In the Torah, Joseph is remembered as the man... Read more

2014-11-20T07:48:14-07:00

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Saint Brennan Manning: A Ragamuffin to the End

Last updated on: November 20, 2014 at 7:48 am By Tim Suttle

This was originally a sermon preached at Redemption Church on 11 NOV 2014. If you are a pastor, please feel free to copy and steal. One of the important aspects of our discipleship, often overlooked, involves the understanding that our relationship with God didn’t just appear out of thin air. Our faith has a history reaching back long before our lifetime. From Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob, to the priests and prophets of the Old Testament; from the early church leaders... Read more

2014-11-14T10:38:08-07:00

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Shawn Merithew’s 9Marks Review of Shrink: A Non-Engaged Engagement

Last updated on: November 14, 2014 at 10:38 am By Tim Suttle

Shrink is my third book, so I’ve been through the review process a few times. I know what the author is supposed to say in response to a critical review. “I enjoy the give and take. The dialogue is helpful. This conversation is why I wrote the book.” Usually I can bring myself to say my lines and actually mean them. However, a recent review is so careless I couldn’t pull it off. That’s a first for me. The review appears on... Read more

2014-11-08T06:25:22-07:00

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A Fond Farewell to Car Talk’s Tom Magliozzi

Last updated on: November 8, 2014 at 6:25 am By Tim Suttle

In my twenties and thirties, I spent more time on the road than at home. I was attempting to make a career in music, first on my own, then with the band Satellite Soul. I was a fickle NPR listener in the beginning, but that many hours staring at the horizon (pre-Sirius Satellite Radio and in car DVD players), had me and my mates searching the dial for something worth listening to. More times than not, NPR was the only thing... Read more

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