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When I was a kid, I saw Tron like 20 times. So, am I excited about this? Um…Yes.

A conversation between my 4-year old son, Liam, and his mom:

Liam: I want a baby sister so I can marry her.
Collette: You can’t marry your sister.
Liam: Then what girl will I marry?
Collette: Some great girl when you’re older.
Liam: What is her name?
Collette: I don’t know.
Liam: We’ll have to ask god what her name is.

This commercial makes me laugh every time. Thank you Old Spice. Thank you.

Watch as mega-church pastor, Ed Young, tells other pastors “U.B.U.” while not being himself–or at least I don’t think he’s a hip-hop artist…On the plus side, I forgot about his private jet scandal for a second.

At least it’s not as bad as Christian Side Hug.

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A collection of links from my weekly Internet travels:

Seth Godin on “Modern Procrastination“.

Great post by Timmy Brister on Obama and the privatization of religion through technology. Yes, they’re related.

The Guardian book blog asks, “Who Stole Our Reading Time?”

How much do you think an e-book should cost?

Calvin and Hobbes creator, Bill Watterson, does his first interview in 15 years.

The Verge Missional Community Conference was over the weekend. You can get some recaps at my friend, Brent Thomas’ blog here and here and here

Your iPhone can now be your personal assistant.

I love my Kindle. Here’s a good article on 7 ways Amazon.com can make it better.

Timmy Brister muses on dysfunctional Calvinism. Great pithy post.

Brian Clark asks, “Does SEO Copywriting Still Matter?”

The top 10 literary agent query letter mistakes.

So, we’ve been having a lively discussion on N.T. Wright’s views on hell lately on this blog. Semi-related, CBS rejected a Super Bowl ad for a new EA video game, Dante’s Inferno, because it had the tag line, “Go To Hell”. I don’t think it adds anything to our conversation, but I’ve got to say, as a lit nerd, this game looks pretty sweet.

Three lessons your children can learn if you’re a freelancer.

The Pope is encouraging all priests to utilize web 2.0 for the glory of God.

My friend and local A29 pastor, Brent Thomas, is getting some much deserved attention on his posts regarding the growing rift between some reformed folks and the missional camp. First he was retweeted by Matt Chandler, and now Ed Stetzer is talking about him and his blog posts.

Tyler Braun writes on the importance of worship lyrics. He gets it right, for sure.

J.D. Salinger died this week. Here’s a couple interesting pieces on him in The Gaurdian and Fast Company.

Tim Keller on why Redeemer went multi-site.

My friend Bill Streger re-launched his blog, and it looks great. Check it out. And while you’re at it, read his post on the difference between church planting and church revitalization.

7 Great Ways for Extroverts to Increase Their Writing Productivity. I really needed this article.

Interesting reads I’ve found through my week of Internet travels:

Look for the iTunes cloud to cover your music skies soon.

Great post on leadership malpractice from the Harvard Business Blog.

“Proud missiologists are not so good at listening; they’re almost never ready to learn from others, especially from those without the necessary credentials.” An important read from IX Marks.

Joe Thorn lays down a good quote from John Piper’s latest book and gives some more suggestions for reading on the topic of pain and God’s sovereignty.

Christianity without Christ is crap. A great post on by Jason Salamun.

So we’re doing a series on eschatology (end times) at Praxis Church, The Survivors Guide to the Apocalypse. Coincidently, The Guardian book blog had a feature on the history of Apocalyptic literature…or was it a coincidence?

An interesting article from NY Times book review on the power of the simple checklist.

Looking to boost your church website’s traffic and power? You might want to check out Monk Development’s Church Website Optimizer.

Bob Hyatt at Out of Ur give five excellent reasons why to love the emerging/emergent church streams.

Work from home? Here’s a great post on how to keep it from destroying your life!

Want a book deal? Here’s an awesome post from Write For Your Life on The Five Rules of Getting a Book Deal.

The Google Reader is swelling. Hopefully I can keep up in the future. Some of my favorite reads from a week of Internet travels.

If you’re a reader, you probably have the problem of the unvanquishable book pile too.

Michael Hyatt on why your company (or church) doesn’t need a social media policy.

New issue of IX Marks ejournal is up to read. The issue is devoted to evangelical liberalism.

You’re Tiny. A great little quote from People of the Second Chance.

Great blog from Harvard Business on dealing with unanswered emails and calls.

Kevin DeYoung thinks Christians should ditch the term “social justice”.

Apparently Kevin’s blog is turning into a writing blog Another good post for writers.

Like football? Me too. Too bad an average televised game only has 11 minutes of play.

A game controller that doubles as a massager? What every wife has been dreaming of.

An important look at the growing divide between old-line evangelicals and the new evangelicals view on social justice.