Part of the Beyond Movement is our Beyond Friday Feature. Written by Jill Wilson, who is part of the Good Shepherd family and is married to a guy named Russell Wilson ("but not THAT Russell Wilson" he is quick to say), today's is about my friend Patty Fitzpatrick....
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text] Beyond Me: A life that is all about getting what you want quickly becomes about hating what you have. Beyond Now: Your hands will either enforce order or enable progress, and we're choosing the latter. Beyond...
Just some observations from the details of life: I hate when the word "countless" is used in speaking or writing. Except for the size of the universe in light years, the number of stars in space, or the depth of the love of God, everything else can, technically, be...
Today I will be part of a team of United Methodist clergy interviewing candidates from the Charlotte area who are in the very early stages of the ordination process. And, in case you don't know, the ordination process in the UMC is lengthy. And maze-like. And a...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Every pastor has felt it, faced it, even succumbed to it: discouragement. When thoughts go through your mind: Why aren't I better? Why isn't this working? Is the God I claim to serve even real? I've had it, my colleagues have...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text] It's a Methodist Discovery Place, an Art Gallery, a Road Trip, and a Peaceful Retreat all rolled up into one. What is it? It's the Beyond Experience At Zoar Road.... As we prepare to launch a Sunday morning worship...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Last Saturday, my friends at Seedbed published an article I wrote on how it is that Good Shepherd has become a full-color church under the pastoral leadership of a, well, not full-color guy. Here it is: I am a 53-year-old white male...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A colleague of mine at Good Shepherd recently summarized a ministry dilemma in two words: presence vs. process. My friend correctly observed that I place an extraordinarily high value on the ministry of presence -- that I personally...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]You've probably had this experience: you're driving down the road and a song comes on either the radio or you iPod and you realize, "Oh, I haven't heard that song in forever and I forgot how much I like it." It's a song you...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you come to this space regularly, you'll notice that www.talbotdavis.blogspot.com has become www.talbotdavis.com and the design of the page has been considerably modernized. Why? Well, I'd had the previous design uninterrupted...