Introducing: The Sunday Sit-Down (#1)

A new weekly video conversation, and I'm starting it off with a huge announcement.

There are two phrases that I think will come to define my life going forward. Two phrases that are the means by which I live out my identity. Two phrases I strive to embody. Two phrases, four words.

They are: 1) messy sanctification and 2) radical vulnerability.

If you’ve been around for a bit, those shouldn’t surprise you. If we’re just getting to know each other, now you have a succinct understanding of who I am and what you’re in for. Welcome.

It’s in the spirit of those two phrases that I’m excited to introduce a new feature of this newsletter and website going forward. It’s something I’m calling “The Sunday Sit-Down.” In short, it’s a time for us to sit down together and I can be radically vulnerable with you in a little bit different of a format: video.

Here’s the goal:

• Every Sunday afternoon I’ll hit record on my phone and be vulnerable with you. I’ll then post that and send it out.

• The videos will include some unfiltered thoughts on what’s going on in my life, what may be going on in culture, and what God is teaching me. I’ll even take you behind the scenes of what I may have written the week before, or even preview what’s coming up ahead.

• These aren’t going to be highly produced videos. Lord knows we already have enough of those. No, I want to hit record and just go—and see what happens. I may laugh, I may cry, I may even lose my train of thought. Kind of like what would happen if you and I were sitting down for a coffee together.

• And then I’ll solicit your thoughts. I want your comments. I really do. It’s the way this morphs into a two-way conversation.

• These videos will generally be reserved for paying members because I think those who have said they want to support me, my family, and my writing are the ones that should get more of me. You can secure your access here. (Although this first one is free!)

What do you think? Like it? Hate it? Want to see how it goes? Well, you get the chance to test it out.

Below is the first Sunday Sit-Down, and I kick it off with a bang. In fact, I’m making a rather life-changing announcement about my future. It’s something I never saw coming, and even up until a few weeks ago I was resisting.

I also talk about what I’m currently reading and then explain the heart behind my article on Friday (The big problem with “moral failings”)—an article that’s in line to become my most popular ever. I want to explain where it came from and what I want you to take from it.

So, grab a seat and let’s chat. It’s you and me in my office. And I pray you’ll enjoy it.

Welcome to the first ever Sunday Sit-Down.