We make space for the conversation of grace.

Because if someone wants to live in the freedom faith was meant to bring…they don’t need another spiritual guru, program, or service.

They need a space where they can tell the truth about themselves—without condemnation—and celebrate the truth of who Jesus is for them—without expectations.

That’s it. That’s the path Jesus offered.
Confession + Communion in Conversations = Freedom lived.

And because that kind of life can’t be programmed or performed, Lark is committed to:

• Showing what it looks like —through stories, lived examples, and raw honesty.

• Making space for it —through calls, gatherings, and friendships with no agenda.

• Equipping others to do the same —with teaching, writing, and videos for those who want to help others live free.

A modern sermon or study can tell you what the Bible says. But they can’t teach you to live free. Because faith isn’t something you master—it’s something you practice.

Here’s the thing: human beings are the only creatures that struggle with being creatures. That’s the ache behind all our fears, and attempts to be something more.

So when Jesus shows up, He doesn’t say the “will of God” is that we become like Him—but that we “believe” Him. (John 6)

Because when we see the Father the way He does, we can trust the Father the way He does. And in the faith of that dependence, we find the freedom to finally be human.

This is why Jesus didn’t live on a stage. He lived at tables. On roads. In homes.

Seeing our addiction to self-justification, He knew we needed an intervention, not more information. So He told stories through open-ended conversations—spaces where people could bring their story without condemnation and practice faith without expectations.

This is why we’re committed to making space for the conversation of grace—conversations where trust is formed, lies lose their grip, and faith becomes real.

Talk of God’s grace is everywhere. It’s on church signs, in worship songs, printed on mugs and T-shirts. And yet, people living in the freedom faith was meant to bring are rare.

Why? Because somewhere along the way, under the shadow of a conditional god, grace got redefined as:

• a guilt trip — “You’re forever broken, but there’s grace.”

• a starting point — “Now prove you believe it.”

• a motivator — “Look what He did—shouldn’t you do more?”

• a temporary cover — “Until you stop needing it.”

Once that happened, faith stopped leading to the freedom of being a dependent human—because it stopped being faith in the God Jesus actually revealed.

That’s why Jesus untangled the conditional God who deals in transactions—and revealed a gracious Father who is already with us, for us, and in us.

We need to see—and keep seeing—grace the way Jesus meant it.
That’s why we make space for conversations that help people see it, trust it, and finally live like it’s actually true.

After years of leading churches and hitting the goals that get applause, Russ walked away—not out of burnout, but because he realized the system can’t afford to let grace mean what Jesus meant. And when grace gets managed, faith turns into pressure, not freedom.

So he and his friend Tony started Lark—a crowdfunded movement making space for the conversation of grace.

Our vision?
A world where the conversation of grace isn’t part of church—it is church.

We picture tables in kitchens, pubs, and back patios where people drop the act, name their fears, laugh at the madness, and toast to the Jesus who’s already made His home in them.

That’s the world we’re after—the one grace would create if we’d just get out of the way. And we’re inviting you to join us.

Because the tattered stories of our lives—and the shipwreck of human history—are the very places Jesus said He could be found.

To speak of Jesus, as Scripture shows us, is never to speak of Him in isolation. It’s to speak of the Father and Spirit who are one with Him—and of all humanity. For in Him is “life” itself, our very existence, “the one in whom we live and move and have our being” (John 10; 14; Acts 17).

This is why any version of “following Jesus” or “having real faith” that centers on perfecting your story or fixing society misses the point.

This misunderstanding doesn’t just fail us; it fails Jesus. It fails Him because it undermines the reconciliation He already accomplished for everyone (Col 1:15-20). And it fails the world because it offers a false hope—a hope dependent on what we’re doing and who we’re becoming, instead of the freedom found in who Jesus already is for us.

We hold to the doctrines expressed in the Apostle's Creed in general, and specifically to the following:

About Christ: Aware of humanity's perpetual love affair with performance, Jesus tells the most shocking stories of grace to level all our empires of progress. For both religious Pharisees with resumes and despondent tax-collecting outcasts, Jesus did the impossible. He reconciled all to God through His death and resurrection. This “Good News” is the invitation out of the exhausting madness of trying to hide the junk of our lives. We are free to be nothing in Christ.

About Church: The mystery of the kingdom of God is like a dragnet being hauled to shore, catching everything in its path. It rejects nothing, Jesus said. One day this net will arrive on the beach, and the angels, not us, will determine what is and what is not. In the meantime, we are free to be what we are: a random sampling of the frail world that God has united himself to in Christ. To be the Church and pretend we are anything more would be false advertisement.

About Change: We are conditional creatures. But only because we love the allure of control that lies with if/then transactions. We want a life of sight—not faith; a life that’s about here—not hope in a place to come; a life that offers lists to assure we’re okay—not a way of love that doesn’t compute. One is tidy, the other is messy. But only one is the life God has actually given us. Like branches on a Vine, we exist solely in the hands of a Vinedresser. Transformation is His work. Not ours.

Yep, Lark’s a legit nonprofit.
We’re backed by a Board of Directors who believe the freedom faith was meant to bring won’t be found in the systems that can’t let grace mean what Jesus meant.

Together, we make space for the conversation of grace. And yep—every donation to fuel this movement is tax-deductible.