Here are a few things you might have missed from Stuff Christians Like and JonAcuff.com in August.

Stuff Christians Like

• Things I shouldn’t know exist
• Who is our Kanye & Jay-Z?
• The man hat
• Sitting at church near someone who can sing
• Taking God seriously

JonAcuff.com

• Stop saying polite lies
• When should you let your kids use Facebook?
• The secret about blog posts
• 1 easy way to get better at public speaking
• 1 sentence that proves you’re a leader

(John Crist is a longtime guest contributor to SCL.  He is a brilliant writer and standup comedian from Denver, Colorado.  If you want to write a guest post for SCL, here’s how.)

The Inspirational Offering-taker Guy by John Crist

Dear Church Staff,

Hi! Pastor Chuck here.

First, let’s talk about how everyone calls me Pastor Chuck. In no other professional environment would this be acceptable to call someone by a prefix and then their first name. Makes no sense! From now on it’s Pastor Bergland, Chuck, or the Great Bergambino (on the softball field only, please).

Second, I know its Friday and everyone is out of the office. Again, in no other professional environment would it be acceptable to show up to the office for two hours with your family on a Sunday morning and call it a days’ work. Just me? Ok, moving on.

Third, the reason for my email. We all know there are only two stage-responsible people on staff here, the worship leader and me. Since we’re already on stage too much, we need a qualified inspirational offering-taker guy. If you’re qualified, please respond in the comments section below.

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Did Hillsong United acquire the David Crowder Band in some sort of merger like situation? That’s just one of the many topics I talked about with Shaun Groves in a video interview. Who’s Shaun?

Well, Shaun Groves is a musician/humanitarian/Compassion International Guru/good friend. He just released a new album called “Third World Symphony.” He’s doing a blog tour and recently talked to the brilliant Ann Voskamp. Today, he’s talking to us. For some reason, when I talk on this video, the audio cuts out a little. In the first few minutes I kind of sound like Lil’ Wayne on the Video Music Awards where every other word was bleeped for profanity. Just imagine that I’m swearing. A lot. But of the two of us, I’m glad Shawn’s audio is perfect because he’s got a great new album and a great message to share. Check out his album and watch the video after the jump:
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What an ineffective communicator Jesus was by our modern standards of platform building.

He could have spoken to hilltops of thousands of people each night, but instead he wasted time at dinner with a handful of tax collectors and strangers.

Want to change the world? It’s easy.

Have a long, time-wasting, friendship-generating dinner with someone.