Here's the 2.0 version of the "Lines" series promo / sermon bumper:I think I like this one even better. It more closely reflects the "full color" commitment of our church.Which is something I'll touch in a message I'm very much looking forward to, "Outside The...
How We Crossed The Line For Crossing The Line
We launched our series Lines yesterday with a message called "Crossing The Line." It was a pretty clear call to conversion with the refrain: You'll never know it all, but you do know enough. So step over the line." Then the sermon concluded with this video featuring...
Lines Week One — Crossing The Line
So we start "Lines" this Sunday.I think it's going to be one of our best series.It starts with "Crossing The Line" and here's where it goes after that:April 3: "Between The Lines"April 10: "Outside The Lines"April 17: "Bloodline"April 22: "Flatline" (Good Friday)April...
Best. Classes. Ever.
One of the unique things about this place is the collection of short-term, high-quality, content-heavy classes we offer each semester.We call it Passage -- as in a "passage" of the bible, but also a "passage" through which you walk.Our spring 2011 slate starts this...
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Reasons We’re Going To Cambodia And India
Yesterday, I posted that my colleagues and I were on our way to Phnom Penh, Cambodia and ultimately to the state of Orissa in India.So why would we want to travel such great distances to spend 12 days in cultures that are so unfamiliar?Turns out there are at least...
Who Are These Guys And Where Are They Going?
As you read this, I am somewhere over the Pacific Ocean, travelling with these three friends of mine.From the left, it's Mike Dey, Ron Dozier, Brian Braunschweiger, and well, you know.All of us are part of the Good Shepherd family.We are flying into Phnom Penh,...
Forgotten God Week Four — Forget About God’s Will For Your Life!
Can a pastor really say something like "forget about God's will for your life!" and still be a Christian?I think so.And I love the reasons why.Come this Sunday and you'll find out.And then to reinforce that message, we have a beautiful event planned for Sunday evening...
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Reasons To Come To “The Reading Of The Red Letters”
We have an event coming this Sunday that is a first of its kind for Good Shepherd.The Reading Of The Red Letters.From 5 - 6 p.m., we'll gather as a people being shaped by the Holy Spirit and we'll listen to the words of Jesus. Out loud. In community. Without...
Forgotten God, Week 3: Why Do You Want Him?
Why indeed?Is it power or gifts or notoriety or tingles?Or something altogether more subtle. But more enduring.I love the answer Jesus gives to this question.And I can't wait to share it.Sunday.8:30. 10. 11:30.
En Fuego
We showed this as part of the sermon yesterday.Screenwriter: Chris Macedo.Director: Chris Macedo.Lead Actor: Chris Macedo.Hmmmmm.