That's what we're doing on January 1.One service only at 10 a.m.It will help explain so much of why we do what we do here.
Forward To The Past
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Numerical Milestones
2011 was a year full of milestones for my family and for our church. Some of those milestones are best captured by the numbers . . . Four. That's how many sets of reading glasses I now must have scattered around my life. One for the kitchen table to read the...
Ready To Fly
Many years ago, as our then-four-year-old daughter Taylor took a readiness test for kindergarten at Charlotte Christian School, the admissions counselor said to us, "she's ready to fly."And so she is again.After graduating from college in May and working as a Web...
5, 7, 9. Oh, and 10.
It's been building to this.Christmas Eve Services:5 p.m.: Children's Worship Experience, complete with worship leading by G-Force singers and pre-school bell ringers.7 p.m.: Candlelight Praise and Worship with a message called "Night Light."9 p.m.: Candlelight Praise...
A Night At The Transportation Center
Last night I joined about 25 of our BigHouse students for an evening of impromptu ministry at the Transportation Center in the heart of uptown Charlotte.We set up tables, handed out gloves, socks, & scarves, gave out cups of hot chocolate and bags of cookies, and...
The Value Of Values
It's good to know why you do certain things. It's true for both individuals and organizations.Which is why we put language to the values that support the mission of inviting all people into a living relationship with Jesus Christ.If you attend Good Shepherd already,...
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Rock & Roll Christmas Songs
These five are not exactly "Away In A Manger," but by and large they sure are fun. 1. Paul Simon, Getting Ready For Christmas Day. As I posted back in April, I loved this song from the first time I heard it. Why does a non-observant Jew sample an African-American...
An Adventure In Not Preaching
So yesterday I didn't preach.You might think that odd, since the Sunday before Christmas Eve is historically one of the most well-attended of the year. Which is precisely why I didn't preach.I thought it was an extraordinarily important time for the church to hear...
Christmas Lights Week Three — You Are The Light But You’re Not THAT Light
In honor of our series Christmas Lights and this week's emphasis on the kind of light reflected by those who follow Jesus, enjoy this one from DC Talk.In the world of Contemporary Christian Music, still one of the earliest, coolest, and best: Sunday. 8:30. 10. 11:30.
World Not Worthy
Hebrews 11 conludes its "Hall Of Faith" -- a recitation of the many biblical characters who, ironically, did not "receive what was promised" despite a lifetime of obedience -- with these words:"the world was not worthy of them." What a thought: that we as God's people...