Over the past year or so, I've slowly but surely emerged out of a fog of cynicism.I went through a season where I was so frustrated with the actions of people who described themselves as mature Christians that I almost threw out the notion of mature Christianity...
Last week in the wake of Julie's post-Super Bowl euphoria, I posted about the top five times sports have made me genuinely happy.Today, it's the opposite side of that coin.What are those times when sports results have made me genuinely sad? When instead of tears of...
Every once in awhile, something happens in Sunday morning worship that I didn't even know was planned.Yesterday was one of those occasions.Our music set was decidedly "chill": acoustic instrumentation, worship-leading choir, Chris Macedo leading it all from the...
But For The Grace Of God got off to a terrific start last Sunday with well over 100 adults, teens, and children receiving God's grace in a decisive way for the first time. We sharpened our focused, adjusted our methods, and deepened our trust.And I believe this week...
I'm in the third week of leading a Sunday night Men's Life Group Bible Study.We're doing a very good curriculum together called Invititation To Genesis, one of the best offerings by the Methodist Publishing House.Some of the guys in the group are veterans of bible...
This week, Good Shepherd United Methodist Church has become, briefly, the Charlotte Campus of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.That's because the seminary's permanent Charlotte campus is otherwise occupied this week hosting an exhibit for the Museum of the Bible....
So Sunday night was a pretty happy night in our house.Not necessarily for me, mind you, but for Julie who is a lifelong New York Giants fan. This went along with the 1987, 1991, and 2008 Super Bowls in making for a happy wife.Which gets me thinking . . . what have the...
I had lunch with someone from the church this past week who encouraged me to "trust the God in others."As it turned out, the timing -- and the advice -- could not have been better.Because yesterday at Good Shepherd was a first of its kind: an invitation to "salvation...
I think the series art is beautiful.I believe the lobby refresh and logo redesign will be exciting.But it's the message that I am most excited about.And not just the message in the Worship Center.Across all the different venues of Good Shepherd -- in that Worship...
Pastoral ministry goes better when you are in love with Jesus than when you aren't.I know this to be the case because I've tried it both ways.