Over the past month I’ve developed a mental picture that helps remind me what my job is at Antioch. I picture myself standing with all the butts of Antioch about ceiling high in the air. It’s not a twisted picture – just what I think it would / should look like if I am under […]
Every once in a while I think there might be someone out there who would love to join us in Bend and be a part of a great church :) Let me know if that’s you!
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I just dropped off 10,000 more Antioch postcards at Moonlight Mailing to be sent out this week. Numbers are not really important when it comes to messaging. It all depends on how logical the message is. If your message is good then it will definitely get more marketing. I’m still under the conviction that the
Have you ever found that the more you think about getting gifts — the more you think about getting gifts? It’s a vicious cycle!! So anyway, in thinking about things that I’d like, I also found myself thinking about things I’d like for Antioch. So here is the (unofficial) Antioch Christmas Wishlist: That God would
I’ve had someone inquire about getting one of the 2007 posters shipped to them. It brought up a great point… we’ve got more of these things than we can give out on Sunday mornings!! If you would also like to get one of the calendars we would be more than happy to ship one (or
The word “Calendar” is a pretty negative one in my mind. My grandmother would always give me a calendar for Christmas and I always thought it was about the worst gift I could have received. My friends were getting G.I. Joe action figures and video games, and I was getting wall calendars with outdated animal
For all you brainy intellectual types who love digging to the bottom of things, “The ACTS 17 Group” resources are now on the Antioch web site. The ACTS 17 Group is the apologetics (Christian reasoning) ministry of Antioch Church. The name is taken from the seventeenth chapter of the Book of Acts. Paul engages three
The classical greek word for maturity is telios. It also has the connotation of “complete.” I was thinking about this concept of maturity today as we were driving to the in-laws over in Prineville. What struck me was to what degree we simply grow older rather than becoming more complete. Jesus railed against the leaders
Each of us should be grateful for everything. It is your job to discover what that is and to bring it about. If you don’t have anything to be thankful for today maybe you could try this one: The Dallas Cowboys won this afternoon in their traditional Thanksgiving Day game :)
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The North Star is probably the most recognized metaphor for anything that guides, sets direction, locates position, or provides context and reassurance. In leadership the North Star is vision. Vision is the clear picture of a desirable and necessary future that unites, directs, and motivates a group to struggle forward to that better future. Leaders
