Ken Wytsma

Art Sunday

On May 20th Antioch is having an “Art Sunday” where the message, music and service are built around biblical themes of art. Before the service, we will be displaying pictures, paintings and other works of art from those within the Antioch community. Many of these works will be available for purchase with the proceeds going

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Peregrinations

Rick Gerhardt is up to it again and has written a well-crafted little essay on the church to go along with our current series at Antioch. Click here to read Rick’s meditation on church (and, afterward, read most of what he has been writing lately as it is excellent!!)

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3 Years

Tamara just told me a little while ago that today is three years to the day since she, Mary Joy, and Esther flew up to Oregon as part of our move here. (I came along in the car a couple of days later). Crazy how quickly three years have gone!! (Here’s a picture from before

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The Church

I decided this week to launch into a three part in depth series on the church called “Mother Kirk.” Kirk is simply the Scottish word for “church” and Mother Kirk is a literary figure in C.S. Lewis’s allegory, The Pilgrim’s Regress. It’ll be fun as the series is built around the questions that people are

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Idol Gives Back

Something that always impressed me in the Gospels is when Jesus praises the faith of a Roman Centurian and heals his daughter. Jesus didn’t preach… he didn’t follow the man home… and he didn’t put conditions on his act. What he did do was praise the nobility, character and heart of a man who wasn’t

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Quitting Church

Lately, I’ve been revisiting the concept of church. I spent years while in graduate school thinking about the church, the structure of the church, the reasons for church, the benefits of church, the theology of church and ultimately a vision for church. Like all things that you over think, I gradually turned my attention away

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