I read a great quote tonight: “When you get excited about God, don’t expect everybody to get excited about your excitement.” Mark Batterson, In A Pit With A Lion On A Snowy Day It’s kind of the whole story with David and his wife Michal. When the Ark of the Lord entered Jerusalem, David danced…
This afternoon the pastors at Antioch got together with the elders (even though we don’t officially have elders yet :) for prayer. It was rich — We began with 10 – 15 minutes of silent prayer on our knees. It was my favorite part. I could have gone another hour just talking and listening to
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I’ve been trying to find the best phrase to capture our need for silence and solitude. The picture I have in my mind is that of an hourglass being turned upside down — of time inverted. I can’t seem to find the right phrase to capture how important it is to refuel in life through
My favorite analogy lately has been this: A running back without an offensive line couldn’t gain a yard. Neither can a person without friends and community or a leader without a team and volunteers. We all need each other! (Here is where I’d put in one of those animated huggy smiley faces if I knew
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The staff at Antioch is currently reading through A Hunger for God by John Piper. Even though I’ve read it before, I have been surprised at just how good it is. For anyone who has ever wondered about fasting and prayer this book is a must read. Here are some of the tidbits I’ve enjoyed
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Today I had a knot in my stomach… I couldn’t tell whether it was from the Thai food I ate for lunch or the dozen things that went wrong today. It’s been an interesting evening of prayer, running through the scripture in my head and preaching old sermons to myself. Here are some of my
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Here’s a great thought from the late Francis Schaeffer in his work called A Christian Manifesto: “The basic problem of the Christians in this country in the last eighty years or so… is that they have seen things in bits and pieces instead of totals.”
Yesterday I wrote a blog to say that I am tired of being lumped in with groups that often reflect human failings more than they do the pure and satisfying love of Christ. Several people left well thought through and well reasoned comments to that post. I’m glad they did… it has kept the
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I love this Far Side sketch that I ran across again this morning. If we all had a picture of ourselves doing something like this we’d be able to take ourselves more lightly :)
I’ve decided not to refer to myself as an “Evangelical” anymore. If you’ve been following the news, you might know what has prompted me to make this decision. Paul wanted to know “only Christ, and him crucified.” I guess that I’m realizing that I want to be known by the most basic of facts and
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