(Editor’s Note: I saw the Permission to Speak Freely Tour when it came through Salem, Oregon earlier this week. It was a profoundly moving experience – a reflection of the talent, intelligence, humor, wisdom, and vulnerability of the three women sharing the stage, as well the power of the...

Greetings from the road.  I am traveling with Don Miller on his “Million Miles” tour.  We started off doing a dozen shows in a dozen days in a dozen cities (and 2 countries!).  It felt like we traveled a million miles in the first fortnight. I couldn’t be happier. Well except that my dear...

I wrote the Summer Reading Guide for the May/June issue of Relevant magazine. In conjunction with that article, I conducted short interviews with Makoto Fujimura, our own Susan Isaacs, and Father Emmanuel Katongole, who is a Catholic priest, an associate professor at Duke Divinity School, and the author...

It’s a big day, as Susan Isaacs’ book, Angry Conversations with God, finally hits shelves. Click on that link and buy it! Or go to a local bookstore and demand it in your most powerful voice! You’ll laugh. I promise. Personally, I’d like to see Susan Isaacs overtake her evil...

Susan Isaac’s “Angry Conversations with God: A Snarky but Personal Memoir” is now shipping from Amazon.com. Giddy up. I’ve had this pre-ordered for months now. Susan provides Burnside with funny and wisdom. The stable of writers, authors, journalists, baristas, and other horse...

If you haven’t already, I urge you to bookmark lolPastors. It’s run by Burnside’s comedy department (Gibbsy, Aaron, Nate Sadler and Susan), and it’s been on figurative fire lately. Please, make it a daily stop and please tell your friends. Here are some of the best examples...

Don’t act as if you weren’t warned. Not today. Not like this. Not after all we’ve been through. Ha! You’ve known all along haven’t you? And yet here you are. Still. So can you hear it? It. The gnashing. The weeping and gnashing of teeth. Molars, incisors, k-9’s. Oh… they...

Don’t forget we’ve got a free book giveaway, going on at Burnside right now! Read the interview with author Catheryn Brockett, submit your craziest home-for-the-holidays story, and you could win a copy of “The Dysfunctional Family Funbook: Games & Activities To Keep You Sane Your...

The holidays are over in Hollywood, and we are back to the grim reality we’ve been dancing around since June 2008: The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) contract has expired. SAG wants its actors to receive residuals in new media (Internet, digital download) and the AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television...

Chad Started it. More LOL pastrz.