I have posted before on Julie's job in sales management with Kinetic Concepts, Inc., a San Antonio-based medical device firm.She's at it again. Not too long ago she received yet another promotion, this one from Regional Vice President of Sales to Divsion Vice...
I have posted before on the process of preaching without notes.While I wouldn't do it any other way, it does have its pitfalls.This past Sunday, for example, I knew that I was forgetting something late in the sermon. Because I remember things based on where they are...
I like sermons in which I have some things I'm a little bit scared to say.And when I'm giving that sermon in which I have some things I'm a bit scared to say and I am approaching the time in the sermon when it's time to say them, inside I'm like "I can't believe I'm...
It's more than a Nike slogan.It's what you should do when you know of someone going through grief or recovering from illness.In those situations we usually say, "Just let me know if I can do anything for you." Or we ask, "Is there anything I can do?"But people going...
Quick: which of these animals is more likely to kill you?A SHARK A DEERAnswer: The deer is more likely to kill you. Actually, it's 300 times more likely to kill you via a collision with your car than a shark is through, uh, consumption in the ocean.That's a true...
We used this video to introduce Week One of Oddballs:It reinforced the words of Peter: "be holy in all you do" (I Peter 1:15). We normally think of holiness in terms of those things we avoid. That verse along with the video remind us that holiness is active, positive,...
As I posted here, I had to travel to Austin, Texas last week to help with the memorial service for my 32 year old nephew, Christopher Davis, who died after being struck by a car while riding his bicycle. In the middle of a lot of sad, poignant moments, one stuck with...
We gave out about 1000 of these Oddballs last Sunday.That's because Oddball is the name of our new series that starts this Sunday, October 5.It's all about I Peter, it's all about holiness, it's all about these odd red balls. How do all those things fit...
How much better is this than a group of people standing up and giving their "mission trip report"?Thanks to the heroes of Good Shepherd and to Joe Jackson for his video production.Enjoy this while I'm in Austin.
I am taking a sad trip this morning.I'm flying to Austin, Texas so that I can preside at the funeral of my nephew, Christopher Davis. Christopher was only 32 and was struck by a car while riding his bicycle early Sunday morning. He died on the way to the hospital. You...