In 1992, Bruce Springsteen released an album nobody bought. Its name? Human Touch. Here's the title song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85cNRQo1m3A That has nothing to do with this Sunday, other than sharing a name in common. We're moving ahead in Only Human,...
This past Tuesday night, our very own James-Michael Smith held the opening session of our Fall Bible Class, Let's Talk About Sex. Many of you know that I believe JM is one of the finest bible teachers around, and that in fact his own scholarship has greatly influenced...
Not long ago, I had a conversation with a fellow United Methodist pastor who reminded me that she had been on the denominational building committee which approved the final drawings for Good Shepherd’s current Worship Center. (That’s denominational policy, by the way...
This commercial highlighting the 2016 Nissan Maxima played all weekend long on ESPN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr_84x9XJoE As the owner of a 2009 Maxima, I am sorely tempted each time I see that ad. (After all, isn't that what advertisements are supposed...
A few years ago, while reading The Collected Sermons Of Frederick B. Craddock, I ran into a fascinating question: "if we're 'only human' when we get things wrong, what were we all the times we got them right?'" I knew right then I had a sermon -- and a series. ...
What if we didn't want to become less human, but more so? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6LFnIi09ps It starts with a message called "Only Human" -- sort of like the title song of a music album. Sunday. 8:30. 10. 11:30.
I received this Connection Card note from a 12-year-old member of the Good Shepherd family on Monday: Sounds like marching orders, doesn't it? And how great that on Monday, while at school, she is thinking of . . . sermon series?! Inviting all...
(Thanks to my men's LifeGroup for the ideas that follow.) "In The Garden" is one of the best-loved American hymns of the 20th Century. Back in my Mt. Carmel days, I well remember saying, "Turn to #314 in your hymnal and let's stand and sing 'In The Garden.'"...
Guest blogger Tina Williamson put this together:
So we said farewell yesterday to one of my favorite all-time series, Mad People Disease. But it went out with a flourish, addressing the issue of what do you do when the one you're mad at is you? The answer drew from Isaiah 6:5, Romans 8:38-39, and even Psalm...