I shared with some Good Shepherd leaders recently that I have bouts of chronic indecision.This came as a surprise to some -- especially those who know me primarily from my preaching -- as my sermons often have an emphatic clarity about them.Yet out of the pulpit, I...

Last night we hosted several hundred people who lead, love, and serve at Good Shepherd for an event we called The Inside Scoop.It was the first of what will be many events as we head into a capital campaign (called Beyond) in January of 2015. Anyway, there was much to...

I have spoken more to and about single adults during the Love Song series than at any other time in ministry. So it was fitting (I hope) to conclude the message with an extended look at living single through the lens of the most couple-centric book in the entire...

You might have heard this one before by Three Dog Night:But what if there is more to "one" than loneliness?What if there is more to being single than singleness?What if we concluded a series that's been all about marriage and romance and intimacy with a look at what...

Over the years, I've attended more than a few meetings during which I became . . . disengaged.Usually, but not always, these are denominational affairs.  If it's not Methodist, then it usually covers something I'm not very adept at or familiar with.Sometimes I...

If you have been to Good Shepherd for more than five minutes, you have heard the church's mission statement:Inviting All People Into A Living Relationship With Jesus Christ.Thanks to our friend Will Mancini, we chose every word in that sentence with great care, as...

There is no Fall Bazaar at Good Shepherd.No bake sales.We're not a hot dog church.No barbecues, yard sales, or pumpkin patches. We don't even operate as a consignment store one weekend a year.In fact, not only do we not do extra-curricular fund raisers, I go further...

Preaching at Good Shepherd really is an incredible privilege.Not only because of the size and style and multi-cultural demographics, as great as all those blessings are.An even greater privilege rests in the the freedom the people of the church give me to explore some...

I'm putting all of me into "All Of Me."Meaning:  my most thorough preparation, most serious prayer, and most honest question -- "can I really say these things?"  Of all the Love Song messages, this one more than any other deals with those sections in the...

Here's my family from a 1999 Good Shepherd Pictorial Directory (sorry, Olan Mills, but does anyone even do those anymore?).  We had been here in Charlotte and at this church for about two months when this photo was taken.In the photo our son Riley was seven; he...