Common Ground Seattle is both a Christian community and a growing network of churches and organizations that collaborate to express and explore our faith in vital interaction with culture. Like the parables of Christ, we use the film, music, and literature of our culture to engage the deepest longings and disappointments of the heart in order to communicate the Gospel of Jesus Christ with relevance. As one author recently put it, modern Christianity tells the world it must believe, behave, and then belong, in that order. We think Jesus did just the opposite.