Pretentiousness results from being against something more than you are for something.

What role should the local church play in the lives of individuals and their pursuit of God? In a decentralized era where the world is at our fingertips, do we really need to be part of a consistent community?

In October of 2007, we began a series at Status called “Life In A Tent Without A Campground.”  It was a 9 week journey with the Hebrew people from Egypt, through the wilderness and into the promised land.
At the beginning of the series, we built an ebenezer – a pile of rocks commemorating the miracles God has done in our lives – like the one the Hebrews built after God had led them across the Red Sea.  However, our ebenezer was two sided.  One side of our stones was thankfulness for …

Francis Schaeffer died in in 1984 at the age of 72, but his life had a significant impact on the way modern Christianity interacts with the world.  According to his son, Frank Schaeffer, Jerry Falwell once said, “without Francis, the Christian Right would have never existed.”  But interestingly enough, Francis lived a significant part of his life as the founder and leader of a communal Christian living and learning space in Switzerland called the L’Abri community. This community was known for its loving acceptance of the outcasts and hippies of …

My friend, Joey, posted a note about being a liberal. Several of the 40 or so responses were people giving their opinions on gay marriage. Then, at Status this week, Kate gave a stunning sermon addressing many of the same philosophical issues. Below is my response which outlines how the recent votes banning gay marriage are the beginning of a very dangerous road.
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I have so much to say on all this, but there’s just one aspect of this conversation I want to steer. Gay marriage.
We have …

Hey friends,
For the past few months, I’ve been thinking a lot about Urban Gardening. It’s an amazing picture of resurrection, sustainability and interdependence and has huge community and social implications. Out of this new found passion have come lots of other thoughts about some things that are as ancient as humanity. We’ve moved away from lots of those things, but I’m starting to feel that there are deep roots in our being that are calling us back to that way of living. I have created a …

Yesterday, at 1130 am, a bunch of bike riders showed up at my front door with their bikes. Big beards, thick rimmed glasses, a few tattoos; the kind of nerds everyone wishes they could be. The people that corporations look to for their next million dollar idea. Early Adopters who pretend they don’t know – and even more so don’t care – that this is who they are.

I had taken the last bench seat out so that we could fit the bikes in. They fit perfectly. …