Seriously now...

Someone asked me how I could joke about church/religion. My response was simple: I don't take organized religion, the church, Christians or myself seriously. I am seriously passionate about Jesus Christ and relating how He has affected my life, but I am perfectly ok with light-heartedly poking fun at the flawed man-made systems we've created like a 3 year-old's finger painting on God's refrigerator door.

The Great Kiva

Imagine 3000 years ago, worshiping in this atmosphere. Live for the people here was ultimatley interconnected. God, nature, people were all one.

Sweet

The pew edition... Awesome...

add that to 2 baptisms and I'm looking for a "The Faith We Sing: Suicidal Thoughts During Long Boring Worship Edition"

Anger Mis-Management

"Anger first arises spontaneously. But we can actively receive it and decide to indulge it, and we usually do. We may even become an angry person, and any incident can evoke from us a torrent of rage that is kept in constant readiness…Anger indulged, instead of simply waved off, always has in it an element of self-righteousness. Find a person who has embraced anger and you find a person with a wounded ego”

-Dallas Willard

Nuptials...

12 minutes before the wedding and the pastor isn't here... What, me worry?

Some Kids Never Grow Up

I guess the flashing lights and moving objects are stimulating. That's best man in my wedding folks... nice choice on my part I guess

This is exactly what we're talking about

I'm glad Living Hope Church has the 411 straight from God's mouth. Hmmmm... let's see, how do you give "straight answers" about a text written in context to people 2000 years ago?

Check out Element: C3 (6-10-07) for more on this subject or download the episode here

Super Model Jesus

Work that camera... Who's your Sexy Savior? I like the sash & modified hoodie combo, very chic.

Modern-day Satan

The Bible has a lot of language talking about God crushing Satan or physically punishing him, destroying him etc... It might be more relevant today think of Satan (or sin in general) as a computer virus that will be or needs to be deleted from your system...

Worshipping in God's house

There is something special about an open-air chapel in the wilderness... Its as if God is showing us the true masterpiece of creation and our man made churches are merely finger-paintings on His refrigerator. This is a shot of the outdoor chapel at YMCA Camp Wilson.

Is my ministry EPIC?

Is my ministry EPIC?
Experiental
Participative
Interactive
Communal

You need to read Leonard Sweet's "Soul Tsunami"

Ministry in the PostChristian culture:

When the world is throwing eggs, tomatoes, onions & rotten fruit at you, you can still serve them breakfast in bed. Take what the world throws and turn it into a way to serve them instead of hurling it back.

Icicles of Death

This was what greeted us today when we debated the prospects of "weathering" the ramp before service, of course we had to take matters in our own hands and knock them all down... hillarity ensued.