A catchphrase for the idea of community in Christian circles has been doing life together. I remember how appealing that phrase sounded to me the first time I heard it. I loved the idea of being so safe and intimate with a group of people. I recalled the days of living in the dorms in [...]
From the monthly archives:
July 2008
After about a week of unpacking, our family needed to get out and unravel a bit. We met up with some new friends for live music, a playground, and some ice cream on a Saturday evening at Central Market on North Lamar. It was almost perfect…a weak iced latte was the only damper on the [...]
A few months ago, I mentioned a book called Christ and the Caesars, by Ethelbert Stauffer. It has been out of print and in high demand because of a few mentions from Rob Bell and Ray Vander Laan. It turns out that the book has been picked up by Wipf and Stock Publishers and new [...]
I’m writing this from my iPhone using the new WordPress for iPhone app. I can now blog from just about anywhere. That doesn’t mean I will. But I can. Just thought everyone should know.
TED is a conference on Technology, Entertainment and Design. I’ve had several friends recommend the TED website over the past few years. I’ve even watched bits of some of the talks that are posted there, but I never really dug into what was available until a few weeks ago. Oops. I’ve been missing out. I [...]
Last week, I met another friend for lunch who had also just moved to Austin. We had planned to meet at Mighty Fine Burgers which has been recommended to me several times but it had a long line and no space to sit. (This was the second time I’ve tried Mighty Fine…one of these days [...]
“The goal of our missional life is not to grow churches. The goal of church is to grow missionaries. The goal of the gospel is not to get people to church. The result of the gospel is that people will find each other and gather because of the deep meaning of a common experience.” (pg [...]
On our first weekend in town, we were ready to get our whole family out for a relaxing evening after the stresses of moving. We met some friends for dinner at Chipotle and then headed over to The Domain. Part of our motivation was to give our little ones some idea of consistency. Our family [...]
While on my very very very very long drive from Seattle to Austin last week, I was reminded of the first time I went rappelling… Early in the morning, we parked our church vans full of students near the base of the cliffs. After our guides went over some safety precautions and got it all [...]
We had our first family outing in Austin last week while we were looking for a place to live. After looking over the Triangle Apartments, we decided we’d catch lunch there in the Triangle. Three years of living in Seattle has left us hungry for good Mexican food. That made Sago Modern Mexican our immediate [...]
One of these days, we might once again have a place we can call our own. Last week, the same day we left Seattle, someone looked at our house. They liked it enough to put an offer on it. After a few shenanigans, we reached an agreement at the end of the week. Monday, we [...]
