Open letter to the readers of Stuff Christians Like

Dear Fellow SCL Reader:

As you may know, I’m a big fan of Jon Acuff… Big – but not too big. I mean I think he’s great and all but it’s not like he’s all I think about all the time. Wow, that sounds crazy.

I’m being serious though, I’m not some crazy Jay-Cuff super-fan all foaming at the mouth, flipping through my notebook of drawings I’ve done of Jon side-hugging a unicorn or anything like that. That’d be weird.

I can prove that’s not me: one time I gave Jon a ride to a Starbucks and I didn’t try to kidnap him or anything….

I mean I totally could have. But didn’t.

See, not crazy.

But I digress. As I was saying, I am a fan of Jon and I appreciate his writing at Stuff Christians Like. I’m also consistently...

New design

Hey everybody!

I’m pleased to show off my new design for Kingdom Strategist.

I designed and built it myself thought I borrowed heavily from various resources (other web pages for inspiration or design elements; tutorials for coding ‘how-to’s). I mention this because I am neither a designer nor a builder of web pages.

I am, however, a perpetual learner of new skills and a cheap bastard. Thus, building my own Wordpress theme seemed right up my alley.

I’m not sorry to see my old theme go. The design was a detriment to the readability of the site. I hope the new one is an improvement. I think it is.

I’m also taking the opportunity...

Book Review | Crave by Chris Tomlinson

“If you are anything like me… you’ve settled for comfort rather than Christ, but your cravings for God are slowly thawing your cold heart. The only remedy I can see for our comfortable Christianity is to do what Paul told us, to offer our bodies as living sacrifices to a God who is worthy to receive them.” –Chris Tomlinson

Crave by Chris Tomlinson

[<Disclosure> I received this book directly from Harvest House (the publisher). I have not been compensated financially in any way for reading or reviewing this book... though the author did compliment my beard. I'm a sucker for people who compliment my beard.</Disclosure>]

I’m...

Business as Mission Adresses the Big Issues Facing the Church

In Tim Keller’s latest blog post, he points out five big issues facing the Western Church. They are:

I recommend you head over to the Redeemer City to City website and read what Keller has to say about these issues. It helps to focus on these shifts in the evangelistic landscape of the West. Doing so will help us to anticipate new opportunities and threats to our efforts to achieving our goals as Kingdom strategists.

One thing I am encouraged by as I read these is that in many ways the...

Kingdom Strategist looks back at 2009

I haven’t fully gotten into the blogging groove yet. I’ve been at it for just over a year now but I’m only recently starting to feel like I’m picking up momentum. But I enjoy blogging and I’m especially enjoying all the new people I’ve met and interacted with this year. I know that my blog doesn’t have much to do with these relationships forming but it’s part of it none the less. Well someone forgot to send me the memo letting me know that bloggers have to do two things at the end of the year.

Check and check.