Jon Acuff's Blog, page 181

I don't know Matt Redman, the singer of Blessed Be Your Name, but I have to imagine he's somewhere right now wearing solid gold pants, riding an Arabian horse named Montalban on the sandy shores of the Grand Caymans.

That's if he gets paid per time a church uses his song, because if there's ever been a stuff Christians like, it's that song.

But I think some people are getting tired of it. I love that song and don't think for a second it has jumped the dolphin (That's a nicer, churchier version ...

When I first moved to the South, it freaked me out that complete strangers would talk to me.

It's not that my home state of Massachusetts was rude. I defy the stereotype that Yankees are jerks. Except during the winter, during the winter, we will cut you. It's just that we haven't seen the sun for three months and everywhere you look in that frozen wasteland you see snow drifts that are entrusted with gross beards of sand and salt and your car is actually disintegrating before your very eyes a...

Back in the day we used to do big creative brainstorms on Stuff Christians Like. I would throw out a topic and we'd all discuss ways to add it to this site. It's been a while since we did that, but I thought it might be fun to do again.

The topic?

Vacation Bible School.

I think we should write some funny VBS-flavored posts as we get ready for that magical time of year.

So let's go.

What do you think we should add to the list of Stuff Christians Like when it comes to VBS?

Any and all ideas are...

I have never been shy about my love of the movie, "Newsies." I hate to exaggerate, but it's fair to say that it is my generation's "Gone with the Wind." So when my friend Leslie sent me a video with Newsies remixed with Lady Gaga, I had to see.

Now clearly, this extremely topical to Stuff Christians Like, but Saturdays are loose at SCL, so I hope you will find this as amusing as I did. As always, open the gates and seize the day.

(Curtis Honeycutt is ridiculous. Every now and then he emails me the funniest things. I love the countless guest posts he has done on SCL and hope you dig this one too.)

So You Think You Can Ush?

Are you qualified to be an usher? No, not the Usher. Those qualifications include: Is your outfit ridiculous? Are you in the club lookin' so conspicuous? Do you refer to Hotlanta as "A-Town"? If so, you might be qualified to be Usher. If you're wondering more about becoming an usher at church, read...

I can't stop looking at this photo of the Guatemalan sinkhole.

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Seriously, that thing is hypnotic. It's so big and crazy and scary looking to me. It swallowed a three story building and a house. Although reports are shaky about whether anyone died in it, it's a terrifying reminder of how fragile and out of our control the world really is. And it's a visual reminder to pray for the victims of that hurricane.

If I were a pastor though, I wouldn't preach about it. I think sometimes we need to be...

Is the name Carrie Underwood real or is that her stage name? I only ask because it sounds so perfectly country it almost seems fake. Like former Texas quarterback Colt McCoy. If that's not a fake name then that kid had two options growing up:

1. Be the quarterback of Texas.

2. Rob stagecoaches.

I think about names sometimes. Justin Timberlake's name seems kind of fake too. It's almost too awesome, like if my name was "Jonathan Mountainstream." Please call me that from here on out. The real...

A few weeks ago, I leaned over to my wife during the middle of church and said, "That transition into the sermon wasn't very smooth."

What?

I'm no New Testament scholar, but I can't imagine Peter ever leaning over and telling one of the other disciples, "I've got to be honest with you, the acoustics of this particular hill Jesus is speaking from are lousy. And I don't know how we're going to feed everyone here. The production values of this event are horrible. Amateur hour."

But sometimes...

I want to see the new movie "Get him to the Greek," but when I saw the trailer, my "nudity warning system" or NWS went off. It's like Spiderman's danger detecting spidey sense only it allows me to detect possible toplessness.

I don't think that's even a word, but I promise that movie was off the chart as far as the NWS went. (My system has never failed me except for Starship Troopers, which is a great movie. If that's on TBS, I don't leave the house.) I'd like to pretend that I can rent Get...

Come hear me speak and hang out this summer. After the jump are a few places you can find me. If you want to add your church or conference to this list and have me speak, feel free to shoot me an email.

June

Sunday, June 13, 10:30AM – Fellowship Church, Holden Massachusetts

Friday, June 18, 8:30AM and 11:45 – International Shelby Conference in Atlanta – The Art of Ideas Breakout and Closing Keynote on Social Communities.

July

Monday, July 12 – Houston, Texas Youth Event (Details to come)

Thursday, ...