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I fixed a car one time with bubble gum and duct tape. No lie. I had a stem come off a vacuum line. It was good enough to get me home. It was incredible what missing that tiny little part could do to the engine of my 1993 Ford Explorer. Even wilder was what a bit of bubble gum and some excess duct tape (yes. It was totally pulled off something else) can do to remedy the issue. I learned tons about...

In his 1996 album, Willie Nelson tells the story of a regret filled soul in his song "Too Sick to Pray." Upon first listen, you instantly think this is a person making excuses for a life lived in disdain. After a few more spins, what the listener begins to hear is a person who recognizes who they are and recognizes exactly where and who they are. The person in question admits what many of us can't...

Have you ever known a person who was always trying to find a loophole? You know the type…kinda sketchy and things seem to always be in flux. These verses of the Sermon on the Mount are probably the toughest ones out there. They get straight to the bone. They are meant to be read and internalized together. They are in response to what Jesus just said earlier in his promise to "not destroy but fulfi...

Are you a details person? What about a big picture person? Both are necessary. Absolutely necessary. We can't live without each one and all of the in-betweens. In our passage this week, Jesus shares about why the big picture matters AND why the details matter. And it's pretty simple. You can sum it up with one quick statement. We can't waste what we've been so graciously given. Listen to these wor...

In the second week of our series week of our "Jesus's Greatest Hit" series Chad told us that the sermon on the mount was about expansion – about expanding our vision of the world to a Jesus-sized vision of the world. Our text for the week allows us to say that same thing in a little bit of a different way…. The sermon on the mount, especially the blessings of Jesus found in Matthew 5:3-12 are abou...

Have you ever stepped into a situation where you quickly realize someone was in control and it totally flipped everything upside down? This is exactly what Matthew is trying to communicate about Jesus. In two different sections, Matthew 5;1-2 and 7:28-29, Matthew tells the story of a new boss in town. And things will be different, but in ways totally unexpected. One day as he saw the crowds gather...

As a kid I loved music. I still love music. I ingest it like crazy. From what iTunes and Spotify (and my data plan) tell me, I listen to music around 4 hours a day. I have stacks of vinyl records I love to listen too as well. When I was a kid, if you wanted to listen to a particular artist, you had to be efficient with your money. The solution was buying a greatest hits collection. You knew the so...

All. It's a short word. It's a word we use often. But I am not sure that we fully appreciate its meaning when it comes to our lives and our lives of faith . Instead, we have the tendency to separate things, pull things apart and compartmentalize. This tendency is not new, but dare I say, a part of human nature. And therefore, a conversation about this reality of how we operate makes itself known i...

How do you handle things that stop you? Sometimes these are physical diversions. Like traffic, road construction or simply getting turned around. Other times, we all have emotional and mental things that can totally stop us in our tracks. We have fears, unknown outcomes or simple problems that can stop us. But we all also have that thing. You know…that one thing. If you want to stop me from going...

Do you ever get frustrated with things just not going the way they should be? What about a skill you just can't get done, no matter how easy it seems to others? I often find myself trying to figure out what a silver bullet would be…you know, that one part of the puzzle that should put it all together? Paul, one of the first Christian leaders, writes to a group of people to encourage them to finish...

Friendship gets complicated. It’s a fact of life. No matter at what stage of life we are in or where our friends actually live, friendship takes intentionality. The internet and social media complicate it even further. People often complain that Facebook, Instagram and other forms of social media hurt friendship. This week we are talking about how the boundaries of true friendship transcend how we...

We’ve all seen the post on Facebook. The normal reaction is “did they seriously just say/share that?” It happens all the time. Social media has radically changed the way we communicate. It has changed the way we live our whole life (Mashable shares 5 ways right here ). While preparing for our #statusupdate series I asked folks about the behaviors they found frustrating on social media. Here is jus...

It's Easter at Foundry (and all over the world).  Chad shares from John 20:19-23, when the disciples encountered Jesus after he rose from the dead. In the conversation Jesus had with them that night, we can learn this lesson.  It is IMPOSSIBLE to encounter a risen LORD without responding and going.  Jesus offers peace, breathes on his followers (yeah..that's kinda weird) and finally sends them out...

There are some things that shouldn't be contained.  Chad shares about the vision of Foundry and the 4 assumptions of Jesus Foundry lives by.  1. Jesus is Here 2. Jesus is doing something 3. Jesus wants us to be part of what he is doing 4. Our greatest fulfillment in life will be found by participating in what Jesus is doing.  So we pull apart John 1:14 and talk about what glory is, what glory does...

Have you taken a #selfie before? They are pretty popular. So popular, the word selfie was the word of the year in 2013. But what is the motivation behind taking a selfie? The whole idea is pretty wild. When we put that camera in front of us (in JUST the right place), we are creating the perfect frame to share our life with everyone else...and let's be honest. We are all looking for a little valida...

Have you ever just wanted to be alone? I’m sure. It’s something we all go through. We need time to be my ourselves and in our thoughts. It’s restful and relaxing. But it isn’t a permanent state.  When we begin to isolate ourselves too much we get into situations we simply aren’t made for. There is no way we can isolate ourselves that is healthy. By isolating, we are divorcing ourselves from the la...

This is our second week in #bumpinthenight, a series on the reality of fear in our lives and our world. As we talked about the first week in our series, the matter of fear is a rather intense one and one that seems “to be all up in our business.” This week we will tackle the fear of the unknown. The unknown is something we all face, like let’s be honest do you really know what’s for dinner tonight...

The fear of failure can totally stop us in our tracks. It’s the beginning point for many issues that plague us personally and organizationally. This week, kicking off our Bump In The Night series, Chad shares about what a biblical view of fear looks like. It leads us to think of fear not as a single event, but as part of a spectrum emotions covering a wide range of human emotions. At it’s basic, f...

Chad and Allison sit down to begin a conversation about Fear and what the Bible says about fear.    We talk about What our silly fears are Allison starts quoting H.P. Lovecraft (what???!!!) Chad shares about the usage of fear and worship How fear isn’t self-dependent and it has to be part of a larger story How fear is the extent of anxiety and worship is the extent of hope.    Make sure to join us...