This past Saturday morning, as part of the clean up crew for our Room In The Inn ministry, I met someone who attends the church.It turns out that I had met him in passing before, but it had not registered.Anyway, I began a litany of questions for my new friend.How...
As I was born in 1961, I'm part of the first legitimate "TV Generation." So what are those shows that shaped my childhood and even today fill me with fondness as I traipse down memory lane?Here are the Top Five:1. Leave It To Beaver. Few things make me more nostalgic...
In the aftermath of a memorial service that we held last week, I began thinking about how different tasks in ministry require vastly different mindsets.On the one hand, as that memorial service suggests, we are with people in the most vulnerable times of their lives...
Light.Dark.You've got to understand the one to appreciate the other.You've got to expose the one to live in the other.That's what we'll explore the Sunday as we move into Week 2 of Christmas Lights.I like what we have planned -- especially because we an experience of...
Our Australian brethren at Hillsong came out with this one recently. Enjoy:
Last Saturday, as many of you know, we had our First Serve ministry in which the people of Good Shepherd fan out through the city of Charlotte to take part in projects that help under-resourced neighbors.For example, I took part in a foot washing and shoe outreach...
This Sunday marked the opening not only of our new Christmas Lights series, but also the opening of our new Prayer Room as well.Located in a discreet yet visible section of the lobby, we gave the room an "ancient-future" kind of feel:Here are the Top Five Things I...
We climb ladders, armed with staple guns while risking life and limb, in order to put them on our houses.We loop them through the trees we put in our living rooms every December.We sit in nighttime traffic jams, hoping to catch a glimpse of them as they adorn the...
When First Serve coincides with the winter kick-off of Room In The Inn, our weekly ministry with neighbors who are homeless, you know there's a lot going on.We believe that people who have a living relationship with Jesus Christ serve in love, and so we provide...