So will she show up on Sunday?   Not likely, But we will take a different look at love in the nooks and crannies of our households. We'll see how the concept of love has been misinterpreted and misused from the very beginning of time. And I mean the very...

From the vault, circa 2012 . . .   Many of you are familiar with the Romans Road, a collection of verses from that signature New Testament book designed to lead people on the “road” to salvation. It starts out with our Problem from Romans 3:23:       For all have...

I have learned something recently that I think is worth sharing: What you listen to when you drive to work affects your mood when you get there. Now: I don’t have a long drive to work in the morning.  But for years, I have been listening to sports talk radio for my...

You know the drill. Member of rock band gets big head, thinks he is bigger than the band that made him, and strikes out on his own. Only to come back five years (and few albums sales) later, tail between his legs, asking for the band to take him back. Yet every so...

The Back When Cain Was Able sermon was delayed a week by our need to address Charlotte's State Of Emergency a week earlier. So, according to the calendar it was the third week of Nooks & Crannies, but according to life, it was the second. It was a passage I loved...

So it got interrupted. It's still really good. I can honestly say that studying for and then preparing this message was as much fun as I have had in a long, long time. And here's why:  so often when we read the bible -- the early part of Genesis in particular -- we...

I was speaking with a good friend several years ago about the difference between exhortational preaching and evocative preaching. Exhortational preaching challenges. Urges. Implores. It is filled with phrases like “you should” and “we ought” and “do this” and...

In addition to the first Sunday in the refreshed K-Zone, this past week was also the first time our Latino community worshipped in the Living Room. We developed that space in large part for our students on Sunday evening and for our Spanish speaking worship gathering...

Ryan Gordon is our Director of Children's Ministries at Good Shepherd, and he leads a crack team of staff and volunteers at inviting all children into a living relationship with Jesus Christ. This past Sunday was the first Sunday of our new, reimagined and...

You will have to wait a week for the sermon manuscript of Back When Cain Was Able (and I think it will be worth the wait). But that's all because we interrupted Nooks & Crannies in light of this extraordinary moment in the city of Charlotte. Here are the notes and...