well as usual it's been awhile. don't want to shock any one too much by blogging consistently. if you've been reading hope's blog then your pretty well up to speed as to the big events in our lives lately.

we've renewed our house hunt afresh. matt blinn and i went to see a couple of houses yesterday. we're still trying to pin down our strategy. buying a house big enough for a bunch of crazy jesus followers to live in with a limited budget in north campus while a crapper full of ravenous property investors are gobbling up everything in site ain't easy. other than that our community is engaged in the process of writing vows or a covenant or the like. we want to commit to one another as the family of jesus; really begin to knit our lives together. it's important that we really promise not to be or do anything without the inclusion of our spiritual family into the process.

sef dechristopher and myself have joined forces to do design and renovation under the working title "Shakkei, creative living environments" not sure if we'll keep the name or not. if i ever get my comments working you can let me know what you think. we're currently teaching ourselves asian architecture and interior design. as well as modern (mid-century) design. and our portfolio is growing quickly. we've got a few other things in the works and i'll post about that stuff as i'm able. the other partner that we might be working with doesn't want to go public with our plan just yet. we are however processing the whole thing with our spiritual communities as to not make any dumb decisions.

that's about it for now. next post i'll try to be more intellectual and theoretical. i'd like to process a bunch of theology and crap i've been thinking about lately. until then, keep rawkn'!

michael tawd