“Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, 26 and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.” Acts 11:25-26 I did it again.[…]
Being wet…
I read this quote this week: “help me to receive again my baptism, to live wet every day of my life, as a child of your covenant, set apart, scrubbed clean, & forgiven.” I’ve been thinking a lot about the journey of faith and this thing we call “Christianity”. According[…]
The “me” that dies…
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what the resurrection of Jesus Christ actually does for humanity. It seems that each time I start letting this event permeate my thoughts something starts to just buzz with in me. Last evening, I was trying to wind down from a pretty busy[…]
Merry making this Christmas
Grace, Peace and Merry Christmas! I know it’s early for our weekly “Thoughts from Antioch” Blog, but I’m sure many of us will be running a little crazy the rest of this week. So, instead of a Thursday blog post from my favorite coffee shop, I’m sending a Tuesday post[…]
Rainy Day Mercy
It’s rainy today here in Louisville. Don’t get me wrong, I know we need the rain and at times I even enjoy a good rainy day, but today I’m wishing it was sunny. I realized several years ago that I’m one of those solar-powered individuals. I need to see the[…]
Infection
I was at a meeting this week with several other clergy and lay members of our conference. We were talking about the church in general, but specifically about how the church is engaging in younger generations. It was a really great conversation, but as we talked someone brought about the[…]
the end of Acts???
The last 6 weeks have been a whirlwind! I didn’t even realize that they had passed so quickly until my boys brought home their first report cards! Wow! Life in general the last 6 weeks has flown by, yet if you’ve been following this blog, the last 6 weeks have[…]
Acts – a blessing that turned my anger
Monday night I had a really angry dream. Afterwards, I woke up angry and a general feeling of grumpiness just kind of stuck with me. I was running on the treadmill and each step was an anger inducing motion. I thought it would go away after the 3rd mile, but[…]
Acts – a thessalonian man
Acts 17 is one of my favorite passages in scripture. If you’re not careful you can overlook it pretty quickly. Paul and Silas are in the town of Thessalonica and for 3 straight sabbaths they’ve met in the synagogue “explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and to[…]
Acts – Hineni
This is week two of the Acts study and our last time together was a whirlwind of 6 chapters. There were persecutions, long sermons, amazing miracles and conversions that shook the future of the church. It was a pretty action packed passage of scripture. We ended our time last night[…]