Sacred Digital: Chuckk Gerwig

The death toll in Myanmar could rise to over 100 thousand people. This story will give you a taste of what is happening. This week we'll definitely be taking time in the Elevation service to pray as a community for this disaster. The suffering is enormous and profound. Join me in prayer every time you think of this horror.

As I've said before most churches are virtually invisible to the larger community they are nestled in. I want Elevation to be more visible, so we have a media - vibe - visibility piece playing in the local Theater 9, on all 9 screens 7 times a day for the next 6 months. Here's a very low res and watermarked version of the piece. What are other ways to be more visible?

This Sunday will conclude our 6 week series FREE an exploration of Christian Freedom. This classic clip from Easy Rider speaks to an issue though... when people start to actually live free... uh oh! --Disclaimer: Even though Dennis Hooper is smoking weed in the clip I am NOT advocating smoking dope (which I don't believe to be a Christian freedom). Why do you think they call it dope? Why can't I remember high school? Anyway, check the clip and chew on it a bit.

The Bible has something to say about this planet and the environment. Churches tend to not talk about environment issues very much, if at all. For some the planet and its ecology isn't a God issue, it's a political party issue. Funny, ever since I mentioned we were doing a series on this I've heard most Christians, joke that I'm a tree-hugger something like that. It's strange how even in a secular world that is very concerned about caring for about God's creation that so many of God's people seem to not care very much or see it as a purely political issue for "nutjobs, hippies and neopagans". For many, part of the non-biblical recent Christian subculture is a mild disdain for people who are concerned about the environment. Here's a thought; how might an Evangelical antigreen vibe become a Wall between the Unconvinced in ultra-green Santa Cruz and our witness of Jesus? I'm not a super green person and I am learning a bit about all this myself but as I study the Bible God is growing me in the issue of caring better for His planet.

As in all things I want to know what God thinks, so our next series: GREEN is a biblical exploration of the earth, humans and the environment. This means a fun series! This issue, like many today needs to be subjected to the Scriptures instead of the popular press, Christian subculture or party politics for explanation. If you're local, bring everyone you know who is green but unconvinced about Jesus, this series will be a unique opportunity for invitation.

GREEN begins June 1st @ Area 51 (The SCBC Student Center / Mothership of all things Elevation).

Disaster Fatigue... = not a Jesus smelling thing! There's still a way to help and get it through!

Church planters know that finding a place to meet in todays world is getting tough! Maybe instead of hassling with schools and theaters we should look to the past and go underground. Really, underground.

Location: The Pacific Coast Highway above Big Sur. Riding as an act of worship, thank you Lord.

God news for Mac-types Logos Bible Software has a free alpha version of its software for download that will function on Macs. If you have a logos library of books this means you can now access them from your Mac. Even though I run the full Windows version via Fusion on my MacBook Pro it is nice to have the Mac version for a quick startup quick look at my books even though all the features aren't in place on the Mac version yet. If you don't have a PC copy of Logos and its library of books you'll have to wait for the full release of the Mac version of Logos coming... well sometime. All I can say is that I started using Logos many many years ago on PCs and it has revolutionized the depth of my study of God's Word and quickened it at the same time. I can't say enough good things about Logos. Logos is like the Cuban Montecristo #2 of Bible software - it's smokes nicely!