{"id":347,"date":"2008-09-25T14:09:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-25T14:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/09\/my-week-of-interviews.html"},"modified":"2008-09-25T14:09:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-25T14:09:00","slug":"my-week-of-interviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/09\/my-week-of-interviews.html","title":{"rendered":"My Week of Interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the coolest things<\/span> about writing for magazines is that you inevitably get to talk to interesting people. Of course, it’s mostly over the phone, but still…<\/p>\n

Once I spoke to this guy<\/a> for a do-it-yourself home improvement article I wrote for Christian Single<\/span>. He was a hoot, as you might expect of a TV personality known as “Ed the Plumber.”<\/p>\n

Anyway, this week I’ve been interviewing a few folks for an upcoming article for Collide Magazine <\/span>about humor and the Church (Collide<\/span> is a newish church + media publication that’s doing some great stuff.)<\/p>\n

On Monday I talked to Dan Merchant, <\/span>the writer\/director\/producer and star of the buzzworthy documentary “Lord, Save Us from Your Followers.<\/a>” A brilliant concept and film, by the way. If you haven’t heard of it, go to the Lord, Save Us site<\/a> and watch a few of the clips<\/a>. Dan’s accomplishments seriously impress me. He’s written and produced shows for VH1<\/a>. He’s a novelist<\/a>. He’s written and sold screenplays. He even won a regional EMMY award for his work on “Bill Nye the Science Guy.” Bill Nye<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Dan was gracious and funny and laughed a lot while we spoke. I’m now jealous of Matthew Paul Turner<\/a>, who’s going on tour with Dan next month<\/a>, because it sounds like a lot of fun and because I possibly have a small man-crush on Dan. I’m thinking of ways I can cause MPT to get sick or sprain his voice or something, then I can swoop in as his last-minute replacement. If you have any ideas of how to accomplish this, let me know.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday I spoke to Joel Kilpatrick,<\/span> who has ghost-written a ton of books but is probably best-known for being the one-man show behind LarkNews.com<\/a> (a satirical Christian news site in the completely straight and dead-on hilarious manner of The Onion<\/a>), and the author of A Field Guide to Evangelicals and Their Habitat<\/span><\/a>. Joel is quiet, unassuming, and frighteningly deadpan. It is not a secret that he writes the Lark, and I completely knew that I had the right guy, but the moment I asked him a question about Lark News there was dead silence on the phone. For an uncomfortably long time. Then he said, “Oh, you thought…” And some more silence.<\/p>\n

Then, “Um, that’s not \u2014 I’m sorry. (Heavy sigh.) That’s the other Joel Kilpatrick.”<\/p>\n

I knew he was kidding me — pretty much — and managed to keep quiet while he stammered around and played up the fake awkwardness. But for a second there, I had a brief, horrible moment of uncertainty. Then he laughed it off and we went about our business. Well-played, Mr. Kilpatrick.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I interviewed Jon Acuff,<\/span> the blogger behind the explosively big Stuff Christians Like<\/a>. Inspired by Christian Lander and Stuff White People Like<\/a>, Jon started SCL to poke fun at what he calls the “clutter” of church culture (of which, as a pastor’s kid, he’s an admitted part). Jon knew about the books I’ve written, and asked me if — as a published author — I was wearing gold pants. Because all published authors are breathtakingly wealthy. Sadly, I was not. But now I think maybe I need<\/span> to get some gold pants. Digital high-five for the idea, Jon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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