This past Sunday -- the final Sunday in Sacred Marriage -- was a bit strange for me.As many of you know, I actually write my messages, then spend time "living" with them, and on Sunday deliver them without any notes. I've been doing it that way as long as I've been...
Here's a glimpse of Good Shepherd's Room In The Inn Ministry:It's one of the best things we do.And it's starting over again this year.If you'd like to make your life count by living for someone and something beyond yourself, come to the Room In The Inn training event...
As I posted last week, we've retained the services of Will Mancini to help us with clarity, strategy, and focus. After touring Steele Creek on Saturday and visiting the GSUMC programs on Sunday, he spent most of Monday with the lead staff. By Monday afternoon, our...
Instead of a conventional "launch" for our Men's Pathfinders on October 25, we're doing a tailgate party. Here's how we promoted it during church yesterday:We even did a slow motion instant replay of the tackle.It's going to be a great night.You can sign up here.
The words "sex" and "saints" are rarely in the same country, much less the same sentence.Or the same sermon title.Until this Sunday.And it's one of those message in which I'm going to say some things that I just can't wait to say. I love those days.Sunday.8:30. 10....
Last night I went with some of our students to an event sponsored by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) at Fort Mill High.Four students -- not from Good Shepherd but from the different FCAs in York County -- gave testimonies.The speaking was not polished.The...
In Exodus 3, God introduces himself to Moses.Here's what God says as part of the introduction, and I have put the verbs in bold:7 The LORD said, "I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am...
On Sunday nights from 5-7 p.m. this fall, I'm going back to seminary.At Good Shepherd Church.Huh?Yeah, seminary at Good Shepherd. I'm in a class called Living Hope For Shattered Times taught by my friend Steve Klipowicz who is a professor at nearby Gordon-Conwell...
There is a marvelous pattern in the book of Proverbs:let the wise listen and add to their learning,and let the discerning get guidance. (1:5)The way of a fool seems right to him,but a wise man listens to advice. (12:15)He who listens to a life-giving rebukewill be at...
Several years ago, I heard a teaching about the curse of knowledge.It goes like this:Once you know something,you forget what it's likenot to know that thing.That's so true. And especially applicable to the world of faith and church.Once you know the bible stories, you...