Headed to In-N-Out with the House Church tonight. mmmmm….. It will be Elisabeth’s first time! Can’t wait to see the expression on her face.

Can’t believe it is almost August! Life is just clipping along. Finished up two of my three summer classes (Spiritual Transformation of Postmoderns and World Religions – see sidebar for more) and I’m in the midst of auditing Philosophical Hermeneutics. It’s a good class to audit as it would be much intellectual work otherwise.

The really exciting stuff is that we found out that we are having a GIRL!!! We’ve got a name picked out, but that will remain safely hidden until she arrives in all her glory. We registered at Babies “R” Us and Target yesterday (mainly at Babies “R” Us), picked out some fun stuff. We’re both beginning to get eager for November to arrive.

Vocationally, I’ve been thinking alot lately about what we’ll be doing once we’re back in KY. I’m still interested in pursuing the web design possibilities. I’ll probably have to get a full-time job doing something else until we can get web design off the ground. Unless I can get hired with a web consulting firm or something. Anybody know of companies hiring this fall?!? Ultimately, I look at whatever I do as a “tentmaking” avenue for the ministry to which God has called us. I’m not sure if that will be leading a house church, joining a house church, or hooking up with others doing church organically and simply. Whatever it means, we know it will be part of living simply and unhurried lives, increasingly devoted to God and his community.

WoW!! Been too long since I posted. Lots been happening… Sarah is in her 23rd week, all is going well. We find out the gender in two weeks. We’ve got names picked out – but we ain’t tellin’!

Been thinking a lot about what we want to do once we move back to KY. I’m tired of living in the Christian Ghetto/Bubble. Our hearts’ desire is to be a part of a community of folks who are committed to following Jesus, caring for one another, and being involved in our neighborhood. I don’t want to work in or be a part of a traditional or seeker sensitive church. I’m tired of marketed, commercialized Christianity. I don’t want to “reach” all of Lexington, convert everyone I meet, or start a revival. I’m not interested in starting a movement or growing a mega-church. I just want to do life with a group of people – young people, old people, youth, college, kids, girls, boys, women, men, African-American, Anglo, Hispanic, Asian, rich, poor, ….. I want to serve one another, serve our neighbors, and care for creation. I want to worship God with friends that know well and know me well. I want to pray for these people because I can’t help – because I care for them so much that it is the first thing I think of doing – not because they fill out a “pray for me” card and put it in the offering plate.

I don’t want to get paid for this. I want to provide for my family financially, while at the same time getting to know broken, wounded people. People who need Jesus like I need Jesus.

I don’t know how to do this. I’m not sure I a good enough leader, teacher, servant, or friend. I don’t know how I’m going to make money (all I’ve ever done is work in the “church”). But I want to try. I believe this honors God and I believe he will provide. I don’t know how or when, but I believe that he will.