Kayden James Stockmeister Kayden James Stockmeister Kayden, 3, of Charlotte, went to be with the Lord on August 25, 2011. He leaves his loving mother and father, Krissy Hans and Kenny Stockmeister, Jr.; grandparents, Rick and Karen Hans and Ken and Lidia Stockmeister,...
I admit that early on Tom Petty took some getting used to. First, there's the voice. Unique. Sometimes he makes Bob Dylan sound downright melodic. Then, the hair. How's it still there? And finally, the genre. Is he new wave? Pseudo punk? Classic rock? Alternative? All...
I have a confession. Not that kind, silly. No, my confession is that I had very low expectations for Boundaries With Kids. In fact, I didn't even want to do it at this time. My original "series schedule" had us doing something else during August followed by a...
If you're like me, you see a news brief like this one . . . Toddler drowns in SW Charlotte pool A 3-year-old boy drowned Thursday morning after he fell into a backyard swimming pool in southwest Charlotte. The boy was being watched by his grandmother at a home on...
So what's the more profound role for a person in my role: pastor or agitator? If you say pastor, then you'll believe that the most effective leader of a local church will care for souls, pursue healing, and excel in the ministry of presence. If you say agitator, then...
I admit that I have an uneasy relationship with the uniquely Southern, Protestant tradition of the "altar call": the invitation for people to come forward at the end of the service to surrender their lives to Christ. The source of my ambivalence? Well, on the one...
They are moments etched in time. They are the source of phrases that have worked their way into the common vernacular. They are, frankly, sources of unending YouTube enjoyment. They are SPORTS RANTS. Sometimes coaches, sometimes players. Sometimes during press...
I posted last week about our Fed Up With Hunger effort. Well, the results are in. A multi-cultural and multi-generational collection of Good Shepherd heroes gathered together Saturday morning, donned hair nets, and together fought hunger in the horn of Africa. Two...
Boundaries With Kids this weekend starts off with an event that transcends boundaries: Our Fed Up With Hunger project on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. (Check Wednesday's post for more information.) To register, sign up here. Then on Sunday I'll bring the second...
In reading David Browne's Fire And Rain, a musical & cultural exploration of the pivotal-but-overlooked year of 1970, I learned some interesting factoids about Simon & Garfunkel's iconic Bridge Over Troubled Water. For example, did you know that Simon originally...