One of the things I love at Antioch is the diversity of personalities and passions. This last week I’ve been brainstorming with Rick Gerhardt about what Antioch can do for Earth Day. Rick and I both share a common passion to see Christianity lead in areas like the environment rather than ignore areas like the
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The leadership at Antioch is currently reading This Beautiful Mess by Rick McKinley. If you are burned out on religion or church, this will be a refreshing and liberating read. I personally think it is worth it for the first couple of chapters alone. Hopefully, you’ve got the time to pick up a copy (online
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One of my good friends is Ben Larson. I love it when he has time to sit down and think, because his writings are always stellar when he has the time and energy to really articulate what he’s feeling. I guess all that snow over in the valley has given ol’ Ben some time… Here’s
We just added 4 new Groups to the Antioch Groups web page in the last 24 hours! Click here if you’d like to see what is on tap for Winter / Spring 2007!! (P.S. Really excited about the Women’s Mentor Training group on Sunday mornings :)
I’ve been wrestling today with where to land with my emotions. There are so many amazing things happening at Antioch that I almost can’t keep up. Here is just a short list of some of what is happening: the middle school ministry launches this Sunday a 26-34 year old ministry launches next Sunday there are
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I gave a lunchtime lecture today to the Apologetics Guild in Bend entitled “The Life of the Mind.” Below is the outline that I used… The Life of the Mind leads to… Wisdom in Decision Making and Leadership Wisdom in Handling Truth Wisdom in Discipleship and Mentoring The Life of the Mind needs to Be
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The day is almost over, but I wanted to give some of my favorite Martin Luther King Jr. quotes in honor of MLK Day. There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love. From “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” April 16, 1963 Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance
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So today is Tamara and my 7th Anniversary. It’s always funny to remember how quickly we fell in love and got married… we met August 22, started dating September 22, got engaged October 22 and then were married January 15 (I really wanted it to be a week later to keep the whole “22” thing
We had 151 people in our service this morning at Antioch. Normally, all that would be is a number, but not this time… The reason is that we had set a goal to reach 150 in attendance by the beginning of summer. Finish lines are finish lines and it always feels good when you cross
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I just returned from an overnight retreat with many of the leaders at Antioch… I’ve just got to say that I love this church and I love these people :) Someone reminded me in a note of a saying that I’ve had for a long time… “There are two kinds of Christians in this world,
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