If you’re in America, happy Memorial Day.

If you’re in another country, I hope you have a pleasant Monday.

If you’re currently orbiting the planet in a spaceship please let me know. This summer, Los from ragamuffinsoul is marrying a couple who met on his blog, and that’s pretty hard to top. A spaceship Stuff Christians Like reader would really boost my ego. (Whoa, NASA-flavored word play!)

Regular Stuff Christians Like returns tomorrow.

In the meantime, thank you veterans who made freedom and liberty and even the ability to say what you want on a blog possible.

Jon

It’s that time again …

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The mistake I’ll share today is counterintuitive. In some ways it goes against the fiber of what some people think storytelling and blogging are really about. But I think this one mistake causes us all to lose more readers and tell weaker stories than just about anything. Here’s the mistake:

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(I don’t know anything about ladies. Seriously, ask any girl who met me in high school. I’ve got nothing. But fortunately, Daniella Summers does. She is funny/talented and has a very cool husband and a great family. She also agreed to write a post focusing on the ever fantastic Lady Worship Leader. I thought it was great. Enjoy!)

One day I discovered this blog. I can’t recall exactly, but I might have stumbled upon it by typing a mixture of the following words into Google: John Piper, Lady Gaga, Grace and Honesty. I read and read until my infant son practically slapped me across the face and in a perfect Stewie Griffin voice said “earth to you, woman!” and demanded a diaper change.

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Recently I had the chance to write an article for the Washington Post. If you’ve got a chance, check it out here.

If your church doesn’t get a bouncy, jump jump castle or slide thing for your Vacation Bible School this summer, that’s the equivalent of charging money for the tortilla chips at Chipotle.

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Every time I go to Wal-mart I feel bad for Brad Pitt. Not horrible, I don’t feel all that bad. Just like when John Mayer sings on his most recent song about his heartache I think about his $20 million watch collection and string of models and I don’t feel all that miserable for his troubles. But Brad Pitt, jeez.

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Flowers? Cards? Perhaps a casserole of hope? It’s a tough season for pastors right now with Lost finally ending and the greatest source of television flavored sermon illustrations fading into glory. Have a heart and remind them that the show didn’t “leave,” it just “moved on.” (Plus, they may take our Lost, but they will never take our Braveheart!)

Oh stop, you’re embarrassing both of us.

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My church tags our kids like whales when we drop them off at Sunday School

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