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 …
Editor’s Note: Ben Larson is the Director of Performing Arts at Antioch Church. By Guest Blogger: Ben Larson “Ninety-nine percent of failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.” ― George Washington Carver I have a confession to make: I am guilty of first degree failure. Everyone fails. It’s part of being a …
In debating, one of the lessons you learn is to not offer up every argument that you have… rather, give only the best. The reason is pretty simple. The counter argument will usually always be aimed at the weakest – not the strongest – argument that you made. The principle is that sometimes excessive communication …
I once had a mentor tell me that shooting for “quality time” with people was misplaced. He argued that you can never necessarily plan for or determine what time will actually be “quality” and produce long lasting memories. Rather, he said, plan for “quantity time.” Somewhere in the middle of lots of time you will …
I was talking with Rick Gerhardt yesterday and came up with a saying: We want missionaries not crusaders. Missionaries seek to serve, reach and and build up, while crusaders look to critique, wage war and tear down. I have no desire for Antioch to become the biggest church around. I do, however, have the desire …
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 read a great book on the concept of sin a ways back by Cornelius Plantinga called, Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be. Plantinga did a great job of talking about the Hebrew concept of “Shalom,” which we translate as “peace.” He argues that our word peace connotes the absence of conflict and doesn’t …
