We feel that way in life, don't we?And, if we're honest, we feel that way in our faith. What had in an earlier season been both urgent and joyful now many times seems mundane and ritualized.Boring.Is there life after that kind of spiritual boredom? Is there hope for...
Farewell to Sacred Marriage, hello to Life After.It's our new series and I believe it will be both hard-hitting and soul-comforting.Here are the subjects we'll look at together:October 24: Life After JesusOctober 31: Life After BoredomNovember 7: Life After...
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....
First Serve is back.It's one of the best things we do at Good Shepherd as several hundred of us fan out in ministry on the first Saturday of each month. You can see the different ministry options and sign up for the one that stirs your adrenaline here.And for the men,...
While I was away this weekend (more on that trip tomorrow), we showed this in Sunday's worship:Rebecca Grayson then followed that with a killer sermon called "The Love Laboratory."Something else interesting happened in worship yesterday: we received an award from Adam...
A laboratory that produces love.Full of mistakes, miscalculations, and then, when you least expect it, strokes of genius.That's what this Sunday is about.Sacred Marriage, Week Three: The Love Laboratory.Don't miss it. The Spirit's moving.Sunday.8:30. 10. 11:30.
This semester, we're dividing up our Passage classes into two different days meeting two different needs.Wednesday nights are care-oriented classes and groups. We launch both GriefShare and Financial Peace University tonight. Considering that the bulk of my pastoral...