Sunday's message ... Marveled at Jacob's resume of wrecked relationships; Actually included some "write these down" applications; Landed at a bottom line I like very much: "What you stand for is never as important as who you stand with."...
Is it possible to have the people you love the most pay a steep price for your pursuit of good things? Huh? You saw that right. Do the people you love the most have to pay a price for the time you spend pursuing things which are good, noble, and right. That's one of...
Occasionally when I speak to groups of people within this church or beyond it, the subject of fund raisers comes up. And that's when I most love the conversation. Because at Good Shepherd we have a very simple policy towards fund raisers: we don't have them. That's...
The best part about last night's launch were my three assistants. To my left is Crash, and to my right, in order are Test and Dummy. They spent some time indoors but more time outdoors, welcoming guests, posing for pictures, and even drumming up business. They even...
So today is the day that Crash Test Dummies drops. Releases. Publishes. Whatever. It's book #5 (whoda thunk?) and I hope my Charlotte area friends can make it to the Book Launch Event tonight from 7-9 pm at RiverGate Shopping Center's Art Space Studio. Yet...
Like father, like son. In the worst sense of the word. That's what Week 3 of Where Apples Fall featured, with a close look at one of the top five "ick" stories in Scripture: the "meet my sister" pattern that Abraham starts and passes on to Isaac. After that noxious...
In the message for this upcoming Sunday, you'll get ... references to Brattonsville and Brittany Spears; a video about walking you'll have to see to believe; a close exploration of one of the Top Five ICK Stories in the bible. All in all, it will lead to Falling Too...
This past week I was Facebook-tagged in this photo below. I have no memory -- zip, zero, nada -- of it being taken. But I know the year: 1978. I know my age: 16 (Hey! Hold on to 16 as long as you can, right?!). I know the place: the steps of the T Bar M racket...
Years ago, I had a District Superintendent in the United Methodist Church -- a position which functions, more or less, as a pastor to the pastors -- tell a group of us assembled clergy: "When you want to get the last word in . . . don't." And I was thinking, "But I...
In the wake of Harvey and Irma, and in anticipation of Jose and Katia, today seems like an appropriate time to take stock of the storm stories that dot the biblical landscape. And seascape, for that matter. Here are my five favorite: Jesus' contrast of the wise and...