I don’t know about you, but I’ve had many moments of anxiety during this crisis period of pivoting and reacting. Yes, our church is trying hard to deliver online services and to connect directly with our people, but in all of the long hours and heightened sense of urgency, I’m left feeling we’re missing something. […]
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Not too long ago, I had an opportunity to talk with Leroy Barber (LB), co-founder of The VOICES Project, and Aaron Graham (AG), Lead Pastor of The District Church in Washington, D.C., about their ideas on leading an organization, church, or other group toward a deeper, shared understanding of race and reconciliation. I value both highly for their own commitments
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If you didn’t get a copy of the inaugural Quarterly Leadership Report from the Antioch elders this past Sunday, make sure to pick one up this week or email [email protected] and we’ll send you one!! Excited about another communication tool to help the Antioch community stay in the loop!
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When I took two weeks to travel Europe several years ago, I really studied the D-Day invasions of June 6, 1944. Part of the trip that Jon Lemke and I planned was to visit the Normandy beaches where the epic battles took place that signaled the coming end of WWII, and I wanted to know
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The leadership at Antioch met Wednesday night for our monthly board meeting. It was one of the coolest meetings that I’ve ever attended. What carried the meaning for me was the lengthy discussion we had around the word “Solidarity.” Solidarity, as a word, came out of French back in 1841 and means “mutual responsibility.” At
I’ve been on a “Team Unity” kick with the staff at Antioch lately. The longer I go in ministry I’m beginning to believe that the best legacy we can leave as a church isn’t necessarily the great things we do, but the mistakes we avoid. Put another way, church health over the long run is
I’ve got a new saying as of late… It is that “there are three kinds of people in this world. Those who create… those who copy… and those who criticize. It is becoming pretty clear to me after a decade in ministry that some people are passionate and always seeking to improve, innovate, collaborate and
I had a conversation today about leadership. I made the comment that I thought leaders are born not made. As I drove around later I began to change my view. Leaders might be born, but good leaders are born and then made. My point is simple… naturally gifted leaders have influence. Influence means that you
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I’ve been e-mailing with a good friend who now classifies himself as a recovering evangelical after spending 30 years in the church and raising three sons. My friend is mature, godly and knowledgeable. He is not a young reactionary – he is responding to the failure of our American version of church. As I read
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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
