We want Defining Moments to be a defining moment in the life of this church.And in the lives of the people who go here.Because we believe something highly significant is at stake in what we're talking about.To find out what that is, come on Sunday.8:30. ...

Yesterday, I gave some challenges to the Good Shepherd staff regarding baptism.  And to lay out the foundation for that challenge, we looked at Romans 6:3-5:  3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his...

Last night I wrote a blog to be published this morning.I wasn't crazy about it . . . it was a bit convoluted, could appear as if I was patting myself on the back, and addressed a subject of interest to only the smallest minority of my readers.But I went to the...

In light of single digit temperatures here in usually-lovely Charlotte, I thought I'd post about the five coldest occasions of my life.  Excluding today . . . which would probably make this list otherwise.5.  That November snowstorm in Dallas in 1978. ...

Coming into yesterday, I had been fighting with the sermon all week.I wasn't sure it was the best way to start the year.  I wasn't sure it was the best way to start the Defining Moments series.  I even confessed my inner struggle with the two friends who...

We all come to those occasions in life where we know something significant hangs in the balance.  The future of a marriage, the fate of a job, the outcome of a game, even the salvation of a soul. A moment, in other words, which defines all the moments to...

Most people who follow Christ and are even occasional readers of Scripture have a "default" section of the bible they turn to in times of need, confusion, or complacency.You know what I mean.  That place in the biblical library which speaks to you more than any...

You know how you can have a love/hate relationship with someone or something?  Friends, mates, jobs, churches, parents?  Meaning: sometimes you love that person or thing and other times, well . . .Yet as 2013 winds down I realize there are elements in my...

On this next-to-last day of the year, it seems appropriate to take stock of some of the best happenings in and around Good Shepherd in 2013.Without further adieu, here's the Best Of 2013 with hyperlinks to the relevant blog posts:Best Moment:  Telling the church...

Let's acknowledge something: it is impossible to grow up in the 1970s, have a sermon series with "Dreams" in the title, and not title one of the sermons Dream On.While Steven Tyler won't be making an appearance (though did you know Aerosmith guitarist Bradley Whitford...