Jon Acuff's Blog, page 172
September 11, 2010
Today
I'm thankful that I live a world where firefighters, police officers and emergency workers run into burning buildings, instead of away from them.
A blog post is a small, poorly dimensioned place to express gratitude, but thank you to the countless lives who reacted so bravely on this date.
Praying for the scores of people who were impacted by September 11.
Jon
September 10, 2010
Doing Dating Detective Work
(Lyndsay Rush is hilarious. Her last guest post blew up and I think this one is even better. She shares some great ways to identify a potential Christian when it comes to dating. (Unless of course, you feel called to date hot, non-Christians and win them over for the Lord with your dates.) I'm a big fan of Lyndsay. Enjoy!)
"I feel very blessed…" said our waiter as he cleared away our empty appetizer plates. He was responding to one of the many questions we had asked him throughout the night a...
September 9, 2010
Stop Motion Pacman Video
Today's post was about that friend who sends you links to Internet videos weeks after everyone on the planet has already seen the video.
If you read it, then allow me to say, "You've probably already seen this."
But if you haven't, prepare to see one of my favorite stop motion videos ever. Check it out after the jump.
Loving on your friend who is 3 weeks late on Internet trends.
One of the weirdest Internet trends right now is celebrities who are joining Twitter after denigrating it.
For months they slammed the medium, making fun of it and calling it useless. Then, out of nowhere, they join and announce this momentous event with a press release. They then proceed to talk about Twitter as if they invented it. They're like that friend who discovers Lost on DVD and then tries to explain to you what the hatch is three years after the show went off the air.
I'm talking...
September 8, 2010
Wondering why God makes life impossible sometimes.
When I was in the eighth grade, a room full of people laughed at me when they saw me wearing underwear.
Outfitted in what I can only assume were some tighty whiteys from Marshall's, all 93 pounds of my awkwardness was on a weigh in scale before a wrestling match. I felt exposed and dumb in that moment, being forced to stand up there in front of both teams. And my worst fears were confirmed when the other team burst into laughter as I stood up to have my weight taken.
There are few things as...
September 7, 2010
Getting all riled up about Stephen Hawking.
Last Friday, I found myself engaged in an epic struggle with Stephen Hawking. The Professor Moriarty to my Sherlock Holmes, the Cobra Kai to my Karate Kid, Hawking and I were at odds, but not for the reason you might imagine.
Stephen Hawking and I were engaged in a popularity contest.
Turns out CNN.com wrote an article about Stuff Christians Like. And it was the second most popular article on CNN.com that day…behind Stephen Hawking. So, much like a cobra and a mongoose, we circled each other...
September 6, 2010
Happy Labor Day
I'm in Atlanta trying to sell our house. (I am about 15 minutes away from becoming one of those dancing sign wavers that sub shops hire.)
I'll be back tomorrow and so will Stuff Christians Like.
Have a great Labor Day! (International folks, I hope your Monday is delightful too.)
September 4, 2010
What do you do for a living?
I just changed jobs last month. I changed states too.
I'm now a writer/speaker for Dave Ramsey. I live in Franklin, Tennessee. (Which is like Nashville's older, cooler brother).
But how about you? What do you do for a living and where do you do it?
No pressure, I'm just curious and thought I would ask a short Saturday question.
So, what do you do and where do you call home?
September 3, 2010
Top 5 SCL Posts from August.
Based on the number of comments, here are the 5 most popular posts on Stuff Christians Like from August.
Handbells.
If you've never experienced a handball choir, then you my friend are missing out on some white gloved awesomeness. Growing up in Massachusetts, I never saw a handbell choir. (Do they have them out West? Is this only a Southern thing?) But when I went to Samford University for college I was enthralled. It just seems like a pretty arbitrary instrument to make a choir from. Why not a triangle choir or a tambourine choir? How did we settle on handbells? (Please insert your own cow bell joke....
