In last Thursday's post, I mentioned a return trip from a conference in South Carolina with some of my Methodist preacher friends.The group with which I travelled is a collection of twenty-five pastors from Western North Carolina Methodism who are part of what is...
Heard around the hallways of Good Shepherd: "You stink.'And that's a good thing.This Sunday, we're taking our scent to John 12 with a message called "Aromatherapy."Sunday.8:30. 10. 11:30
On the way back from a conference with some Methodist preacher friends, we stopped in the small town of Walterboro, South Carolina.To put it mildly, I was NOT in my element.The bag I'm holding contains two books I bought and not any antiques I discovered.
The Old Testament book of Nahum is an unlikely place for devotional reading.It consists primarily of warnings towards and judgments against the city of Nineveh, a locale we know mostly through the OT book of Jonah.And let's face it: Jonah is on the Hebrew best seller...
Every year at this time, the eyes of the tennis world turn down under as the Australian Open kicks off the season in what they're calling "The Grand Slam Of Asia and The Pacific."And my mind turns to that time in 1976 when my parents, older brother and I spent five...
In last Tuesday's post, I admitted that I am unable to interpret dreams.Apparently, that includes my own.But did I have a doozy the other night . . .It was Easter Sunday.We had chosen to hold our worship services off-site. Some cavernous, confusing auditorium.Chris...
We recently added a new feature to our website called "Impact Community."It details some of the mission trips we have planned in 2011.And if there's one thing I've learned about the people of Good Shepherd it's this: when you give them an opportunity to make a...
During a hospital visit this week, a young woman said quietly to me, "I like the church because there are all different races there. I wouldn't want to go to a church that was just all white or all black."Music to my ears, of course.And then she said something that...
In a planning meeting today for our next series (called The Forgotten God, based on the book by Francis Chan), our worship design team talked about some of the misperceptions people have of ministry that is truly "Spirit-filled."If a preacher stands and announces that...
Disclaimer: I am having a good week. I am content in ministry and think Good Shepherd is in a good place. Please don't read this post as a sign of impending crisis in ministry.Having said that, I've been thinking about posting on things I can't do as a pastor for...