I have found myself wanting to get carried away like Paul recently. What do I mean by that? Scattered throughout his letters, there are times when Paul becomes so exuberant about the subject at hand that he simply gets carried away. It's almost always when he is...
One day several years ago I was the Rivergate shopping center when a man approached me to strike up a conversation. "You came to my house a couple of years ago to invite us to church," he said. "And I just want you to know that we've been coming ever since." Now: that...
Late last week, while working on an upcoming social media post related the power of analogy in preaching, I stumbled across a stunning discovery: a Dawes album I didn't know existed. I have written at length here and here about my new-found Dawes love, but I thought...
Yesterday's message ... Covered Naomi's plan and Ruth's brilliant execution of it from Ruth 3; Trusting in the interpretation of Sandy Richter, treated that encounter as Ruth's proposal to Boaz; Recognized that a life in which "image is everything" is hollow indeed;...
My friend and fellow Good Shepherd Staffer Shannon Schauber recently took a trip to Hilton Head Island, SC. While there, he took a tour of the lighthouse at Sea Pines Plantation, noticed this tennis-related display therein, decided I would probably know something...
Yesterday my friend Fabian Avigliano sent me this message: What is the big deal about October 4? It's when Good Shepherd returns to live, indoor worship as a community. The times are changed. The setting will be different. The expectations altered. But the Gospel...
Julie and I spent the early hours of Labor Day hiking alongside the Catawba River. Which, of course, got me thinking: what are some good songs that capture the movement and mystery of rivers? Here they are: One. River, by Jason Isbell. This is the newest -- and best...
My friend and colleague Ron Dozier, who has served on staff at Good Shepherd since 2007, delivered the message yesterday. Called "Embrace The Grace" and coming from 2 Corinthians 8, here it is: 2 Corinthians 8:1-5, 9 "Turning Obstacles into Opportunities" I...
The CURRENT ISSUE of Inside Tennis Magazine , Texas Tennis History Issue, has a special cover from way back in 1977. That's right. As part of an October 2020 issue celebrating Tennis History in the Lone Star State, the magazine included the cover of the 1977 Texas...
My son-in-law Nate Underwood is the Co-Founder and Brewmaster of the Harding House Brewing Company in Nashville. That's him, third from left, in the photo below. The beers Nate creates are creatively crafted, uniquely local, and seasonally brewed. To those...