In the fall of 1987, in my first semester of my first year at Asbury Seminary, I met with two ordination representatives from what would ultimately become my annual conference in the United Methodist Church. At the end of the interview, one of them pulled me aside and...
It's the number worn by Dick Butkus, maybe the meanest middle linebacker of them all.It's the number of the confessional Psalm written by King David after his affair with Bathsheba and subsequent murder-by-military-sacrifice of her husband Uriah was...
My heart grew strangely warmed on Saturday when Texas A&M, led by its phenomenal freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel, upset big, bad, undefeated Alabama 29-24, hopefully ruining any shot the Crimson Tide had at a national championship.But my warm heart...
Yesterday came at the tail end of a vacation week for me, and so offered the rarest of opportunities: a Sunday morning in which I was both off work and in town.So how did I spend it? I went to church. Twice. At two very different...
I'm so grateful for what has happened in prayer at Good Shepherd this year.We've opened a Prayer Room.We've had more opportunities for shared prayer on Sunday mornings.We've had more of you submit prayer requests on your Connection Cards.We're hearing more...
There are some realities of life in 2012 that no matter how hard I try, I just will never understand.Such as . . .Why pro wrestling has such enduring popularity.Why people of all ages wear ball caps sideways.Why people snow ski. It's wet. It's cold. ...
So it's over now.If your candidate won, does that mean your life will suddenly get better?If your candidate lost, does that mean your life will suddenly get worse?Is your contentment determined by forces beyond your control?Or does satisfaction and purpose have...
Since tonight's television viewing choices seem to be unusually limited, I thought I'd save you some channel surfing and give you a number high quality, prime-time viewing suggestions. Because there's not anything else going on, is there?1. 8:00 PM --...
1. Decide on a ridiculous goal for a church -- 2,000 Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes to be prepared, filled, and sent around the world in cooperation with Samaritan's Purse.2. On Saturday morning, have First Serve weekend teams assemble and...
It has been awhile since we last had a Radical Impact Project at Good Shepherd.You can read about our last two here and here.This Sunday during Gospel Share we will introduce our next one.The project itself is not so radical (wait until January for that one) but the...