The House Studio

01/19/2018

If you are interested in our current resources, head over to The Foundry Publishing. Here is a peek at our new release for Lent.

Beginning Ash Wednesday and ending Easter Sunday, Experiencing Lent provides resources for pastors and communities to move closer to Christ through worship, prayer, reading, and participation.

Announcing Our Community-Wide Lenten Reading Plan January 02, 2018 4 Comments Experiencing Lent is now available for purchase and download here. As we enter the new year, we are excited for the future of The Foundry Publishing. We were overwhelmed by the response from communities and individuals who...

09/20/2013

We're getting ready for Sentralized Conference. See you next week.

09/13/2013

Congratulations to Levi J. for winning the 2 tickets to Sentralized! Sorry if you didn't win, but we still hope to see you there!

Sentralized

09/10/2013

You've still got a little time left to enter to win 2 tickets to Sentalized. Why 2? We think you've got a friend who wants to go, too.

Sentralized is designed for anyone who calls him or her self a Christ follower. It's the perfect learning opportunity for pastors, church planters, individuals, and teams of church members that are working through the issues and ideas of missional living and learning.

05/03/2013

Jon Bowles, author of Art & Faith was on the Kansas City news yesterday to talk about his church, his book, and his faith. Watch the video and let us know what you think.

Art and faith don't have to be separate worlds -- they can be the same. This is the message behind a new book titled Art and Faith. Jon Bowles is the author of the book. The church that he pastor...

04/16/2013

The Kansas City Star wrote about Scott Chrostek and his book, Pursuit. Check it out!

The story of the Rev. Scott Chrostek, pastor at Church of the Resurrection Downtown and author of “Pursuit: Living Fully in Search of God’s Presence” spoke to me because he wasn’t judging me. He was sharing his journey and the steps he took to live a faithful life.

03/08/2013

John Wesley, in the hope of living fully, prayed a prayer that shaped his life missionally. Wesley wanted to dance with the rhythms of life. He wanted to immerse himself in God's symphony of love. He wanted to feel it running through him. He wanted to sing to the melodies of God's love song. So he bowed down and prayed that he might hear, see, and live in perfect communion with both God and neighbor. He prayed that in all things he might be available to the presence of God. He prayed that he might see God everywhere he went.

This was his prayer:

I am no longer my own, but thine.
Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt.
Put me to doing, put me to suffering.
Let me be employed for thee or laid aside for thee,
exalted for thee or brought low for thee.
Let me be full, let me be empty.
Let me have all things, let me have nothing.
I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal.
And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, thou art mine, and I am thine.
So be it. And the covenant which I have made on earth, let it be ratified in heaven.
Amen.

From Pursuit: Living Fully In Search of God's Presence by Scott Chrostek

Get it here: http://bit.ly/XXOGnB

03/01/2013

Provisitation
(Anyone can make up words these days.)

God invites us to participate in God's provision for others. We get to accept the invitation.

Prepare a meal for someone in your community--someone sick, or elderly, someone you care for, or even someone you don't much care for. Visit them, eat with them, and be part of God's provision for them today.

-An experiment from "Money Experiment" by Ryan Pugh

Check it out here: http://bit.ly/YEdFZ8

02/06/2013

Have doubts about belief? Worried about despair? Hate the love of performance in worship? Then you'll want to check out Sunday Asylum. http://bit.ly/Xo8aNO

In Sunday Asylum, Stanley Hauerwas invites us to join a conversation—evaluating our role in culture and in our current church environment. http://vimeo.com/19719454

Trailer for an upcoming resource, Sunday Asylum: Being The Church in Occupied Territory with Stanley Hauerwas.

01/31/2013

Shifts to Missional College Ministry:

Shift #1: From Religion and Relationship to Gospel

One place we need to shift is in how we define and explain what Christianity is about. It's become common for well-meaning Christians to say, "Being a Christian is not about religion. It's about a relationship." But in our post-Christendom era, this line is both tired and discounted by the unchurched and dechurched...Christianity is expressed and experienced in both religion and relationship. But it's not about either...Whether it be religion, relationship, or some other expression of our faith, faithful ministry doesn't let anything threaten the central place of the gospel.

Check out College Ministry in a Post-Christian Culture: http://bit.ly/11kzaFc