200+
I just entered my 201st post on this blog… If I keep it up, I might actually write some things worth saying sooner or later!! :)
Antioch
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!!)
No One to Run With
I used to love listening to The Allman Brothers Band when I was in college (I even made it to a concert once in North Carolina). I just played an Allman Brothers song on iTunes for the first time in a long time. It is called “No One to Run With.” It made me think
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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
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
In Progress
Today I was able to sit in the crowd at an Antioch service for the first time in a while. I was kind of depressed. I’m probably the worst critic of the church, but I didn’t realize how many small (and big) things we still need to tweak, fix or improve. Oh well, I’d probably
I Get to Read
So I’m not preaching this Sunday. Brandon Groza is stepping in and giving a lesson on the “heart” as an introduction to the focus we’ll have for several months. Anyway, when I don’t have to teach on the weekend I look forward to reading. There’s something about having to teach that makes reading history and
A great night…
I went to the Antioch History Book Club tonight and had a ball… I even got a chance to share my “Antioch Monasteries” idea with the group and they loved it!! It’ll be amazing to watch as God continues to work in and through the group of people called Antioch. All around, a great night~
Benevolence
God has been doing a lot the last couple of days to remind me about benevolence. There are always people in the community who are struggling terribly with life, finances, stress and time. The Christian community must earn its stripes in how it responds and deals with the real life needs of its members. This
Antioch Monasteries
I was reading recently about the role the church played throughout the Middle Ages in the formation of law, the development of science, the advent of the University system, the formalization of compassion ministries and orphanages, the propagation of learning and literacy and also the promotion of art and architecture. Central to much of what
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