What would it feel like to be swept up into God’s current in a fresh, transformational way? This is what happened in Seattle from August 14 to 17, as 20-somethings gathered from all over the US to connect around the idea of being swept up in God’s current. Our dialogue centered on being swept up in an intimate relationship with Jesus. We then moved to learning what it means to grasp the Misssional Heart of God by living as sent ones among our friends where we live, work and play. Finally, we learned what it means to see the kingdom of God in everyday life and how to connect with how He is moving in our culture.

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When do you feel most alive?

What does God say is life and death for you? For us?

“We most passionately pursue that which we perceive will give us life!
And, we most passionately avoid that which we perceive will bring us death!”
- Dr Larry Crabb, Psychologist/Spiritual director/Theologian

Typically, people embrace their personal definition of life (and death) from interpretations of childhood experiences. Our “best day” as a kid can often give us clues […]

Most will graduate, find “the job,” move wherever, and strive to make it. If you will soon find yourself in this situation, or are already there but able to make a move to one of our cities, City Life could be for you. We are inviting you to pick a city first, find a good job […]

This past August … “Get Swept Up In The Current” - was a gathering of like-minded friends seeking to understand how God is moving right where they are. People from all over the country, at various stages of missional living […]

How stupid I am. This isn’t a one way street: me helping, others receiving my help. I have to tell you I am getting a lot. […]

At first, I was only doing this in response to something I felt moving inside me: I just wanted to help. I wanted to go someplace new and make a difference. […]

Not knowing where to start, I started with what I know: I have a friend who runs a summer camp in an African-American neighborhood. He hires a bunch of counselors each summer and I had met one of them. I called him up and we met just to get to know each other. […]

Okay. This can be a hard topic to talk about, so let me start with something from my journal…

Last week in Colorado (at a racial diversity conference) God clearly called me to something new. I had been reading parts of Isaiah and 58:6-12 had been standing out to me. One morning a friend prayed, asking why […]