We've all had it: relational pain. Angry words.  Intentional oversight.  Passive aggression.  Triumphant emails.  Ended friendships. Whether you are naturally wired to pursue confrontation or avoid it, the end result is the same  -- a relationship that had been at the...

I recently finished Michael Corcoran's The Game Of The Century, a behind-the-scenes look at the Nebraska-Oklahoma game played on Thanksgiving Day, 1971. (Side note: I was playing in a tennis tournament called the Oak Cliff Thanksgiving Classic on that day.  I remember...

Yesterday's message ... Was the first time in forever that I pulled out a message on Monday, began the process of rehearsing/internalizing it, realized that I did not like it one bit, and started over almost from scratch.  I can hardly tell you how unusual this was. ...

I saw this among some old photos recently:   Our local micro-newspaper, The Park Cities News, had a series of profiles on local athletes and, as a rising junior in high school, I qualified. I love the accuracy of the hindsight:  the family information is correct,...

We Methodists have an odd phase: "a heart strangely warmed." It comes from a seminal moment in John Wesley's personal journal when he recounts a spiritual experience on Aldersgate Street in London in May of 1738: About a quarter before nine, while [a teacher on the...

Yesterday's message led to this immediate response from a Good Shepherd friend: I love how once again you were talking to me (because it's about me lol) this morning and pulling be back in.  As if you are reaching out for my hand and saying "get back here".  I heard...

This is always been one of my favorite photos, and I brought it back home after my recent Austin trip: I'm on the right, holding the football and not looking at the camera.  To my right (left on the photo) is my best friend at the time, Davie Baird.  He was also the...

During How To Tell A Mountain From A Molehill, the Children's Ministry Team at Good Shepherd has created content for the K-Zone that mirrors what I have been teaching in the Worship Center. That means that for the past Sunday, our team needed children's material to...

Later this week -- for a Thursday Staff Seminary and then for a Friday Out & About Luncheon -- Good Shepherd is bringing in speaker and author Missy Buchanan.  There are five reasons why I am especially excited about this project.  Here they are. Missy Writes...

Yesterday's message ... Featured some biblical context work that I felt really good about, and which suggested a possible identity for the parabolic character known as "The Rich Fool"; Reminded people that Yoda would have phrased YOLO as OOYL; Included an anecdote...