FOUNDRYcast

Psalm 13 Mark 14:34-36 Join Chad for a a conversation as he digs into the biblical idea of lament and why we all need to understand it. 

Brett Pickering, a long time member and leader, shares a message about worship as action. 

Over the last month at Foundry we have been having conversations on Sunday morning about what it means to follow Jesus in the 21st century. So far, we have focused our time together on a few movements. (click the link to hear the messages and read the previews) Our culture doesn't create followers. It creates apathy. Following creates followers . Mission is determined by our ability to create foll...

For the past two weeks we have been having a conversation on Sunday morning about what it means to be a 21st Century follower of Jesus. We've talked about how the greatest threat to faith isn't unbelief, but apathy. I shared about research coining the term "Moral Therapeutic Deism" as a way of religious life and how that waters down what we call faith. We've talked about a fantastic analogy called...

Have you ever heard the marketing term "over-built"? It's a term used to convince people that is item of question is one that has been reinforced, engineered to be long-lasting, and is entirely sufficient for the task at hand. In some ways, just using the term is letting folks know that this isn't just some utilitarian fashion, but the item is built to be used. It isn't a vanity belonging, but one...

This year, Foundry has two different Ash Wednesday service options. One is at noon at Flying Tiger Brewery, with a short lunch afterwards. The other will be at 6pm in Sterlington with St. Andrew's UMC.  In this episode, Chad (our pastor) talks with Lindsey Killen, our volunteer coordinator, about her first experience with Ash Wednesday a few years ago. We also talk about what it means to explain t...

Let's be honest. The human experience can be tough. It is full of ups and downs. I often think of this Calvin and Hobbes storyline where their house was broken into while out of town. Calvin is concerned because the TV was stolen. His parents are shown in the final strip, laying in bed, and talking about the whole situation. The Dad looks over to the Mom and says, "When I was a kid, I just assumed...

Rev. Alan Johnson shares a message from James chapter 1 with us. He focuses on Practical Christianity and what it means to see our words as the last option. 

What is God asking Foundry to do in 2020? In this message, Chad takes the time to share where we have been in 2019, and where we feel God is asking us to focus on in the new year.  We have this conversation by asking two questions.  1. How does our new sanctuary change things? 2. How are we doing at creating followers of Jesus Christ?

It's the time of the year to talk about all of the new things. Plans, words, dreams, lists, resolutions...all of the things. But how many of these things end up being truly new? Ask anyone in the fitness industry when their gym begins to normalize towards the end of the month. But what are the real and true things we find in life? And when is the right time to actually find a way for things to be...

Around the middle of 2018, I started to feel this call to only preach gospel passages in 2019. I thought it sounded a little outlandish (and I am now embarrassed to even mention that), but I started asking people who knew me and know my ministry context what they thought. After a pretty good reaction I started asking people in my own church communities what they might think. Their thoughts were th...

Have you ever had a problem finishing things? It's a great google search if you get bored. Helping me combat this problem has turned into an entire industry of coaching, strategic plans, books, online courses and much more. On the downside, it serves as both a symptom and effect of a host of medical conditions. As we chase through life, especially since our culture has transitioned from an industr...

Gift giving can be hard. It is one of the things most seen has part of the holiday season, but it can be hard. And we have to thank these wise men for it. They started off the whole thing. In this weeks story about dreams and the birth of Jesus we are looking at two different characters and how they understand divine revelation. Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod....

Dreams are a funny thing. We have them as kids and they can excite or terrify us. As we get older, they stay with us. Sometimes, they make us feel just like we are kids again…and sometimes they can scare us. Again, just like we are kids. But the older we get the more we tend to look at our dreams as these psychological realizations about our life. Let's be honest…we have all had those dreams that...

For the last few weeks we have been talking about Anxiety as "empty space", and this week we will begin talking about filling that space. In many ways, this emptiness is at the beginning of the story of God and His interaction with creation. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hove...

I remember the first sermon I ever heard my Dad preach. In it, he referenced the 1988 hit song "Don't Worry, Be Happy". It is a fun song, and we all can think of the places where we typically hear it. It is easy to talk about worries when you don't have a care in the world. Jesus talks about worries. And in the conversation he lets us know that our worries are actually us worshiping our problems....

Space is an interesting thing. It can mean many different things to many different people. Space is all about possibilities...or space is all about chance. It can either be full of good things, or it can simply be space for bad things to happen. In the beginning of time, we find God looking upon our world as formless and void, and then filling it with creation (Genesis 1). But as sin entered into...

Anything that might give you a significant better situation requires some risks. To not take risks means to live a dull life. When I think of the things I have done that have provided the most enjoyment, they never come without cost. It might be time, hardship, or something else...but it always takes something. For many of these risks, there are inevitabilities that come with the rewards. I rememb...

On this episode of FOUNDRYcast, Jack Lockeby, our director of discipleship, shares a message about the power of testimonies. 

I think every kid goes through the "tell the truth" phase. It seems like understanding the difference between truth and lies is part of that early childhood learning phase. Sadly, we don't grow out of it all the way. It seems to be something that many of us feel the temptation for or either live in our entire lives. Jesus takes a moment to get into the gnarly bits of it during His teaching we call...