We're doing something different this year at Easter.This time, we're starting a new message series on Resurrection Sunday.(Usually, Easter is the culmination of a sermon series and we use that Sunday in part to promote the next collection of messages.)But this year,...
Gone Goats & Facebook Status
While I'm not on Facebook, I have an awareness of its power. So at the end of yesterday's message -- based on the connections between Leviticus 16, John 19, and Hebrews 10 and with the Rob Bell-inspired refrain "the goat has left the building" -- I invited the people...
The Goat Has Left The Building
Do NOT miss the opening worship element of the final Sunday of old. rugged. cross.I can't tell you what we're doing, but I can tell you it will be good. Very good.And then a message about which I am SO excited: "The Goat Has Left The Building."old. rugged. cross. has...
A New Look At The Old Cross
Each week during old. rugged. cross. we are presenting a version of that classic hymn. In the first week, Claude York, accompanied by Chris Macedo on acoustic guitar, sang it with all the Southern Gospel gusto of the original.Yesterday, however, was different. With...
Foolish Power
I Corinthians 1:18 - 2:5 is an incredible section of Scripture. You can read it here. It's a section I've been yearning to preach on since my first semester in seminary back in 1987.This Sunday, at long last, I get to do just that as we move to Week Two of old....
old. rugged. cross.
On a hill far away . . .So begins one of the best-loved hymns of the faith, The Old Rugged Cross.Yet have we considered what it really means that the central symbol of the Christian faith is an instrument of execution?Can you imagine if church steeples were topped...
WE Virus Spreads
We showed this yesterday as a way of capturing how people catch and then spread the WE Virus at Good Shepherd:carolyn update from Andy Weibley on Vimeo.I'm grateful as always for the ways God harnesses all the talented people here to impact people's lives in...
A New Look
So we unveiled a new look on our Worship Center platform yesterday. The new look involved paint, fabric, lighting, and then more lighting to create a flexible, dramatic look. For example, we started out green during the first song . . . . . . followed by purple for...
The Bubble
We . . . are so excited to unveil a major redesign of the Worship Center platform this Sunday.We . . . don't want to give away too many details, but please know that we are combining colors, lights, and fabric to create an environment that is at the same time...
Leggo Of My Logo
So we got a new logo.It went through focus groups, staff dissection, volunteer input, and then final, enthusiastic approval.Our previous logo -- a stylized shepherd holding a lamb -- had become dated towards the end of its fourteen year run.This one conveys Walking...