Moving.

We're moving next Saturday if anyone wants to help.
We're picking up a U-Haul on Saturday morning so we can get it all in one load.
Let us know if you can lend a hand or not.
We'll provide pizza and drinks for everyone!
Thanks much!

:)

Rant #1,000,004

I haven't ranted in a long time.
It's definitely time.
We've been going through the Nooma Videos in our life-group.
It has brought up a lot of thoughts lately.
We watched "Sunday" last week and somehow got talking about how Jesus tells us to "come as we are" to the Gospel.

How have so many churches and so many Christians lost this??
We want the unsaved in our church, but we want the "moral unsaved".
They're safe.
We don't want someone in ragged clothes, withdrawing from drugs, and knocked up walking in.
And we certainly don't want to be seen talking to them.
How did we get this way?
Jesus said "COME AS YOU ARE".
Not as you will be after your saved and your whole life is changed.
But as you are now.
Bring all your crap.
Bring all your sins.
Bring all your failures.
Don't be afraid of what all the self-righteous bigoted people around you are thinking- Just come.
It breaks my heart when people expect non Christ followers to clean up before they can come to Jesus.
Isn't it supposed to be the other way?
Aren't we supposed to bring all of our baggage to lay at Jesus' feet?

I know I'm ranting.

It just annoys me to no end to see Christians take such "conservative" stands on things just because they're scared to step out and open their minds that maybe Jesus wasn't as conservative as they deem him be. He was friends with the whores and the crooks. Did he condone this? Absolutely not. But he had the balance figured out to love them, show his disapproval to their current actions, and by His grace help them change. I know that we're finite and it is a whole lot more difficult for us to do that than it was for Jesus- but should we hide away from these people with false superiority just because they're not who we think they should be? Maybe we're not who we're supposed to be- and we know Jesus.

How are the unsaved supposed to walk in the light when they have never seen the light?

It would be like giving someone in the dark a candle and not giving them anything to light it with.

We become utterly useless to a lost and dark world when we're too self-righteous to humble ourselves and go into the dark a little bit to help them see the light that Jesus gave us...

I'm done.

"I am a whore...I do confess..
I put you on just like a wedding dress
and run down the aisle..."
-Derek Webb

Domesticity at it's finest.

We're watching Oklahoma.
It cracks me up.
People just don't how hysterically racy old musicals are.
Such rascals.
I'm submitting Jess to "culture".
It's been lots of fun.

I love my new house.
I'm counting down the days until we can move.
The apartment is getting smaller by the day.
Maybe it's the amount of stuff we're amassing.
Or just the anticipation of living somewhere that's not 400 sq ft.

I'm going to Mexico next month on another missions trip with work.
I'm so excited.
I fell completely in love with the kids there last year and can not wait to go back.
It was sudden and unplanned, but i'm completely thankful to go back.
I'm just hoping that this time I don't get stuck in Mexico...
And that the air sickness goes away.


I attempt domesticity.
It's a whole lot of fun.
I didn't think I would enjoy it as much as I do.
I have had some bismal failures- such as first attempt at sushi.
But for the most part we have fun.
I'm turning slightly back into a health freak.
It's good for us though.
I'm so thoroughly looking forward to having a back yard.
I'm going to turn into a little farmer yet. :)
When we move into the house i'm going to start a photo blog of everything we cook.

This economy confuses me.
I'm not quite sure what my take on it is.
I guess I don't feel like we're struggling too much.
God really does bless us.
We both have jobs.
And not just jobs, jobs that we love.
I absolutely love my job.
I used to struggle with it quite a bit.
I really felt like we were materializing and merchandising God.
Sometimes I still do, but now I see the deeper meaning behind it.

I'm rambling- I know that.
But lately I really suck at keeping in touch so this is my update for everyone.
:)