The Beauty of Community

Today I had lunch with +Todd Waller and we talked about a range of things relating to the +The Antioch Movement and the +Evangelical Presbyterian Church. As I have reflected on our conversation I am struck by the beauty of community.Near the end of our conversation Todd shared...

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Unity Means Sharing Power

I finished reading the State of the Union. I always find them interesting. What I find most interesting is that the key word in every one that I can remember is "bipartisan".Last year was the year of "Lincoln" for me. I really enjoyed Team of Rivals and a few other things I read on him. What struck...

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Do You Have A Building? or Confessions of a Church Planter

Every time I talk with someone about +The Antioch Movement these are the questions that inevitably get asked in the first three minutes:Do you have a building?How many people are coming?These are really good questions because they show that the person cares deeply about me and wants me to...

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Showing Up Is Hard To Do

It's true. Showing up is really hard to do. That's why most of us don't. We typically do not show up because it is really hard to get up enough momentum to actually get there. There are always excuses that we can make and do make. But really those excuses are nothing more than the sad reality that we...

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40 Days of Change and Transition

Physical Representation of TransitionThe last 40 days in the life of my family have been adventurous. We have listed a house, sold a house, rented a town-home, moved out of a house, moved most of our stuff into storage, moved the rest into a town-home, our kids switched schools, and we are now living...

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