This may not come as a surprise to those of you who know me, but I struggle with focus. It’s never to the point that I need some medicinal support, but it certainly has reared it’s ugly head in some pretty inopportune times. Sometimes my focus is really good and[…]
Staying in Antioch
I love good stories! I love them in movies, books, songs, whatever. Some stories are feel good stories, some are stories that make you feel deep emotions like sadness or anger. I don’t like stories that seem to be meaningless or ones that are just there. Even a show that[…]
Clean Space
I walked in my office today and breathed a really deep sigh. I grew up in Florida and I have first hand experience of what a place looks like after a hurricane has gone through. My office kinda looked like a hurricane just ransacked the entire space. Papers stacked up,[…]
Back to School…for dad’s too
I’d like for you to imagine with me for just a second – imagine that you are getting ready for vacation. You’re going to a private island in the caribbean, all expenses paid, all the food and beverage you could want and all prepared by Food Network Chefs. The weather[…]
A Young Faith
I was talking to a friend the other day about life in general and a unique twist on the Bible came up. I talk with folks all the time who, if hard pressed, would consider Christianity, or the Bible, or really the Story of Faith, to be something that is[…]
Counterfeit or Authentic…
Back in June, the world was invited to see what the brains at Apple had been up to. During their annual World Wide Developer’s Conference, Apple announced several different upcoming projects that would once again set the standard for the personal computer and their mobile operating system. This week the[…]
The Passion Factor
I’ve been giving a lot of thought to the conversion story of Saul/Paul. It’s really a fascinating picture of transformation. Here’s this guy who is uber-religious! I often think we see Saul, pre-conversion, as this hateful, vindictive, bad-guy, who’s soul purpose was to destroy the faith. The reality is that[…]
Afraid but faithful
I often think that I was born too late or at least in the wrong time period. I love watching or reading about epic adventures and time periods. My new guilty pleasure is the BBC version of Robin Hood (it’s streaming on Netflix right now). There’s something chivalrous in the[…]
The Failure of a Metaphor
Starting this sunday, we’ll be entering into a whole new chapter in the Antioch story. This new chapter involves a shift in our schedule as we will now join each week for worship. This is a big evolution for the Antioch community, one that started 2 years ago meeting only[…]
too fruit or not to fruit
When I was in elementary and middle school, we would pass a fruit market as part of our daily commute. The place was called Orange Blossoms and they would grow and harvest their own oranges and fruits and vegetables. You could go in and buy gallons of freshly squeezed orange[…]