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God’s Graffiti: An Interview with Romal Tune

Innovation & Leadership, Justice & Culture / Ken Wytsma

Romal Tune has dedicated his life to generating connectivity between faith communities, corporate and public entities, social-change advocates, and underserved young people. The heart of his incredible journey: Turning placeholders into stakeholders; Building navigable bridges and broadening the road less traveled by populating it with education pathfinders, main street civic architects, and inner city cultural luminaries who have all come to

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Company of Fools

Church & Theology, Innovation & Leadership / Ken Wytsma

This past Sunday I spoke on a Theology of Creativity and at the end I prayed, “God help us dream bigger.” That reminded me of this piece adapted from Antioch’s founding documents. May we be agents of change working out God’s redemption around us. May we be a company of fools. ********************************* Christians are out

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Improvisational Theology

Church & Theology, Innovation & Leadership / Ken Wytsma

Last week I was in New Orleans for the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) annual conference. Being in New Orleans, Tamara and I took the opportunity to hear some real, authentic, home-grown jazz. As I found out, these days you don’t look for jazz on Bourbon Street, you find it just outside the tourist block

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A Theology of Creativity

3 Comments / Church & Theology, Innovation & Leadership / Ken Wytsma

“Man is never truly himself except when he is actively creating something.” – Dorothy Sayers This week at Antioch we started our new Innovation series. What is creativity? Is it spiritual? Is it a mandate? Is it theological? I will be teaching a course this Fall at Kilns College on this very topic. The course — A Theology of Creativity,

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The Antioch Way

Church & Theology, Innovation & Leadership / Ken Wytsma

The Antioch Way is what we’ve come to call our ministry expression. With the understanding that all things are for the glory of God, we commit to pursue all that we do with excellence, creativity, and passion. And in a submissive posture with regard to vision and planning such that we position ourselves to follow God rather than

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The Antioch Commitments

1 Comment / Church & Theology / Ken Wytsma

This past Sunday at Antioch I talked about the four commitments of Antioch. We call them commitments because we truly want to make sure they are central to everything we do, not just beliefs or principles that sit on a shelf. Our name and our commitments are derived from the church at Antioch as described

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New Series: INNOVATION

3 Comments / Church & Theology, Innovation & Leadership / Ken Wytsma

I’m excited that this coming Sunday we start a four-part sermon series at Antioch called INNOVATION. Change is a normal part of life and even a strategic element in our calling as Christians. In the INNOVATION Series we will look at the ways creativity, leadership and culture shaping intersect with our individual calling and the

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In Spite of Ourselves

Church & Theology, Justice & Culture / Ken Wytsma

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. – Victor Hugo

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Practical Steps for Conscious Consumption

2 Comments / Justice & Culture / Ken Wytsma

Guest Post by Emily Hill This is Part 2 of a 2 Part Series. Read Part 1, I am the Rich Oppressor. In our global economy it’s difficult to know who made what we’re consuming and what business practices are involved in the supply chain of products we buy. Very few of our purchase decisions

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I am the Rich Oppressor

3 Comments / Justice & Culture / Ken Wytsma

Guest Post by Emily Hill This is Part 1 of a 2 Part Series “Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you… You have hoarded wealth in the last days. Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of

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