Landon was born in Tulsa, OK, but considers himself a Kansan.

After graduating college with a degree in Theatre, he sold yellow page ads. He was very bad at it. He decided to go to divinity school instead.

He worked in interfaith relations, pastored a local congregation, became a church bureaucrat, wrote a couple books on church and theology, became a local pastor again, and then wrote a bunch more books about what Christianity looks like when you stop pretending. That last part has kept him busy.

He is the pastor at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Oklahoma City and is the former Vice Moderator of the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), which is a very long title for a job that basically means he helped officially represent the denomination for a while.

He writes about faith, the church, and what happens when you take the Bible seriously enough to let it surprise you. His books include Make Believe, Zombie Jesus, The Descending God, Afraid of Everything, Open Source Church, and Theology Is Art. His next book, Divided Allegiance: What Happens When the Church Forgets Who It Serves, comes out June 2026.

He has a wife, four kids, and a dog.