Closing Day?

We were supposed to close on the house by today.  The seller’s had our paperwork for three weeks now.

But, they’re finally ready and we’re closing on Thursday!

Update on the House—March 9, 2009

We had the house inspected last week.  It went as expected.

We’re supposed to close by March 20th.

1658 Harvard Ave. - Offer Accepted!

We’re in contract for a house!

Our bid was accepted for 1658 Harvard Ave.

Once and for all, What is the House?

We’ve done it!  We’ve finally come up with a reasonable, succinct, practical explanation of what we want to do.

It’s no longer a wishy, washy idea.  After thinking about this thing for more than 6 months, I think we’ve finally come up with a good explanation.

Please read on.

Some Good Questions…

Our friend Jason asked us some really good questions.

He was the pastor that conducted our pre-marital counseling, and we trust him a lot.  So his thoughts are significant to us.

He asked us some good questions about our mission that I wanted to share…

Ministry: No one formally in charge

We’d like to start a legitimate urban ministry, with the same goals as most other ministries in America—to love people in the name of Jesus.

One significant difference between our ministry and others is that there’s no one formally in charge.

The Winner of My Beard Is…

The winning bid for my beard was $34.00.

Can you believe that a person can sell their beard for $34?

Click the title for Before and After photos…

Legitimate Ministry?

Melissa and I are always cautious to use words like “ministry” and “organization” because they have such complex meanings in modern “Christianity” (also a tricky word).

So a fair question is, what makes us think we’re so special?

We are starting a legitimate urban ministry with very traditional intentions, so we need to explain what makes it the same and what makes it different from other organizations.

This isn’t a sales pitch.  These are things that we would genuinely like other people to consider.