FOUNDRYcast

Did you enjoy our two sermons on the women in the family tree of Jesus? One of Chad's biggest resources during his research was a book written by Tom Fuerst called "Underdogs and Outsiders" and Chad sits down with Tom to have a conversation about the book. 

When was the last time you realized you needed to stop what you were doing, reassess things and begin taking apart what you had previously done? Sometimes reassessment is a drag. It means losing time, resources, materials, and many other things. Sometimes, we are so hard headed we think we need to keep on plowing forward and simply make it work. But that whole square peg round hole thing? Right? S...

Have you ever read a book or watched a movie with a few too many characters? Every time you read or watch it, you find yourself focusing on a different person's actions and responses. The story of Naaman is absolutely one of those stories. Naaman was a military commander of Aram, an enemy and neighbor of Israel. As much of a top dog as he was, he had a pretty serious problem. Naaman was a leper. W...

Doubt is a tough thing. We typically don't want to admit it, but doubt is something that sits in the back of many of our minds. What is more frustrating about doubt is how it has the ability to creep in when things should be going absolutely fantastic. Has that ever happened to you? Stuff should be great, but you are worried or anxious about what might happen next? Last week we talked about the #t...

Choices are hard. I remember when I was finally old enough to order for myself at McDonald's, the idea of chicken McNuggets or a hamburger in my happy meal could throw me into a fit. I am talking some serious 6-year-old anxiety. I remember when my sister and I got old enough to just split our two orders. We both could live in nugget and burger world. There is a problem with splitting things up lik...

Personal ability is a funny thing. We like the idea of having a choice, free will, or whatever word you want to assign to it. But it is also terrifying. Sometimes, we get in our head and over think things, giving us the inability to take action. Situations prove to be more important than we actually think at times. The funny thing is, when I look at the times in life I was at a precipice for treme...

Do you have a hard time keeping up with things? I know I do. It has taken years to get into the rhythm of where I leave my keys, knife, and wallet at the house. It seems everytime I finally get it down, either we move or a piece of furniture moves! Meredith and I don't have kids, but my sister does. Every summer we all take a trip together and we spend a day at the water park. WIth my niece and ne...

What are the things we expect as part of a good life? Especially the ones that motivate us. Some of them when can assume, such as relationships, eating, sleeping…etc. You know, the whole Maslow's hierarchy of needs . We might even them jump into things we might prefer, or we would think would lead us to have a thriving life. It could be a better job, a bigger house, and even better relationships....

Does anyone else tend to over-complicate things? What about during the holidays? Seriously, isn't that the plot of my 2nd favorite Christmas movie? (You serious Clark?) Over the last few weeks, as I've been reading and re-reading and re-re-reading the Christmas story, I see two different storylines. One of the is absolutely magnificent. It's wild. It has angels hanging out in a field, the heavenly...

Have you ever tried to fix something? I typically end up trying a few different things before the issue is actually resolved. At that point, I don't know if it can actually be called a repair or it was simply a half-way successful adaptation of trial and error. This week we are talking about Resetting our Priorities. And it is a little different than we might expect. We've all see the "10 way to R...

Chad grabbed JD Walt, author of Reset (our advent devotional) and sower-in-chief of Seedbed publishing, for a phone call about Advent. No matter if this is your 1st or 100th Advent, we can all find something as part of this conversation.    Resources: Reset Book   Seedbed Publishing The Daily Text

What are your favorite parts of the Christmas season? Are you a food person? Maybe it's all about the Christmas movies or lights? I think we all have our favorite part of the season. I, for one, am a big fan of Christmas stories. Each family has cool stories that become part of their tradition. But I am also a big fan of Advent . (more to come on that one). And Advent is the absolute best family C...

What do we all worry about? I'm sure you can make quite a list. I know I can. I worry about things around the house, stuff at work, the relationships I have, and the things I would love to do in life but can't find the time or resources. We all worry. Over the last few weeks, Foundry has been talking about Living at the Edge. It's been 4 weeks of conversations about the difference between living a...

Time is a pretty valuable commodity. When asked, most of us reply it is the thing that stresses us out the most. We would all love more time for a variety of things. We live in a world that is overworked, under-focused and generally revolving around the next thing. Most of us would love to have the time to stop spinning and start focusing. If we are called to live lives that are fulfilled, instead...

When was the last time you told someone you were too busy? I'll bet it was within the last 48 hours. We wear our tattered schedules on our sleeves with pride now. Honestly, I can't remember the last day that wasn't either hurried. And to be extra honest, there were also ones where I had guilt that I was taking a moment to breathe. The phrase #crazybusy is a hashtag I would love to de-enroll from....