(Here’s an excerpt from an e-mail answering someone’s question on how to re-approach scripture reading after it has lost its excitement and meaning.) You certainly don’t ask an easy question, but it sure is an important one. Here are the thoughts I’ve had on making bible reading more effective: Make it fun. Get a bible
This week is “Community” week at Antioch. In church, every week should be community week, but this one’s a little different as we’re launching 32 community groups and having a catered lunch by Aloho Cafe on Sunday after the service. Antioch has always had a tough time with Community and Small Groups, so Brandon Reynolds has
The fall kick-off for Kilns College is tomorrow night at 6 p.m. at the Kilns Bookstore. Art lecture by Wes Hurd, killer food and then live music from Andrew Schar and band (not to mention coffee drinks from the new espresso machine donated by Dutch Brothers). Come out for a good time and don’t forget
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Grace Laxson, who is on staff at Antioch helping with worship & arts, sent me a cool e-mail the other day that I was planning on posting. Instead, here’s a link to the same stuff on her blog – no need for duplication!!
Check out the announcement from today… www.enoughproject.com World Relief NEXT just won the Enough Project’s Come Clean 4 The Congo Video Contest along with Emote360. Looks like the team will be road tripping down to Hollywood for the screening of the Congo video at the Human Rights Symposium during the Hollywood Film Festival on October 24th
Lately, I’ve been noticing that most of the things that God created for believers are pretty unattractive on the outside. Think about it. Baptism is really really awkward. Reading the bible never seems that important or fun. Church often feels stale or sticky. Solitude is always down on our list. Fasting, by definition, is the
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I received this e-mail from a staff person on Monday. I decided to post it because I know the context, the passion and the meaning of his words. Hopefully those things will come across. If they don’t and this is confusing or offends… trust me, if you knew the context it wouldn’t. And thanks for
This past Sunday I decided at the last minute to field questions in church rather than teach a lesson. I simply felt like the message I had was too cold and objective and I thought that Q&A would make it feel more conversational. Anyway, we busted through 50 minutes like it was nothing, so the
So sweet!! Antioch’s worship album is now available on iTunes and Amazon.com. Download a few songs and make sure to leave a comment!!
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Matt Smith has been doing an amazing job with the college & career group at Antioch since taking it over earlier this summer. He has been repositioning it around identity (defined by purpose) vs. demographic (defined by age group). In conjunction with this focus, the group has recently been renamed “PARADOX.” Below is Matt’s little
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