I was in Barnes and Noble today and my head nearly spun at how many books are out right now on the so called “lost gospels.” In short, ever since the discovery of the Nag Hammadi Library (a collection of gnostic texts including The Gospel of Thomas) there has been a movement to minimize the […]
Tamara and I had a sitter for the kids and were able to hike around Suttle Lake today. If you’ve never been… there is a beautiful 3.5 mile trail around the lake.
We finalized a partnership with Africa Renewal Ministries (ARM’s) this week with Peter Kasirivu, the founder and President of ARM’s. I’m pretty excited that Antioch is officially involved in the work in Uganda. I’m also pretty stoked about the next trip, which should be about 12 – 15 people sometime in February!! The only downside
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There’s a pretty cool new page on our web site designed to help people find their place in a ministry at Antioch. Give it a look when you get the chance!! http://www.antiochchurch.org/volunteers.html
Imago Dei Community in Portland has been working through a process of defining women’s roles in ministry at their church. Their paper is well crafted… no matter where you stand on this issue. Click here to read.
Midnight Showing of Die Hard 3 tonight… yep, I’ll be there!! I love the Die Hard movies… nothing like watching Officer John McLane to make a guy feel invincible :)
We’ve run into a seating crunch at Antioch. I suppose that it is another one of those “good problems to have“!! The team began brainstorming last week about what we can do to create more seating — there were lots of creative ideas like a second service, a live feed overflow service, multiple sites, staggered
I’ve been thinking about the word “authentic” in relation to Christianity and Christians. It seems that many times we are not truly authentic – or else we wouldn’t be accused of being hypocritical as much as we are. Anyway… I really like the etymology of the word. It goes back to the Greek word authentes
I’ve been getting a lot of questions about the vision and mission of Antioch lately… so I thought I’d put a link to our web page where there are several short essays that speak to the heart of who we are and what we are trying to do. Take a gander if you’re interested!! http://www.antiochchurch.org/indepth.html
