This was a bottom line first. And a sermon that found it second. I know, I know . . . that's not the way it's supposed to go. Yet a couple of months ago, I was sitting in the back of the room at a meeting regarding the future of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (pretty...
So does the sermon title of "Shining Light" mean we're going to pull this tune out? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCN893hzueQ No, not likely. But it does mean we're having one of my favorite bottom lines EVER, as well as some concrete next steps for...
For a variety of reasons, I haven't stepped on a court to play tennis since 2008. (Those reasons include not wanting to re-injure my back, not interfering with going to the Y, and, most of all, not wanting to be confronted with the reality of what age & disuse...
These folks are from our Zoar Campus Next Step Group: Yes, four weeks into to our second site, Campus Pastor Chris Thayer is leading a new member group on Tuesday nights. Our Moss Road Campus hosts its own Next Step Group starting tonight. You can still sign up...
Anyone can point out problems. It takes people of faith, tenacity, and camaraderie to pinpoint solutions. And that's just what churches around our city and across this nation are doing in the face of some of the world's most intractable problems. So, in a tribute to...
This message could have been called World Light. Or Strobe Light. Or Real Light. It also could have been subtitled: How to ensure you're never elected to public office or denominational hierarchy. To see what I mean, read below. It's a message in which the WHEN...
. . . because it was. This photo was taken for a Good Shepherd Church Pictorial Directory shortly after we moved to Charlotte and I started at Good Shepherd in the summer of 1999. Julie and I are now empty nesters. Our daughter Taylor, 26, works in corporate...
On Monday night, I headed up to Mooresville, NC (just north of Charlotte) to take part in a LifeGroup meeting connected to West United Methodist Church. Why would I drive an hour to sit in on a bible study associated with another church? Because the group's curriculum...
I have been leading small group Bible studies for years now. And I've done it in enough places & with enough people that I know: even the best of groups need good curricula. I currently lead two Bible studies -- or, what we call LifeGroups at Good Shepherd. ...
How to do a sermon encouraging people to "read the bible" without giving a trite message encouraging them "read the bible'? Answer: start with a classic of early contemporary Christian music, throw in some obligatory Led Zeppelin and Lynrd Skynrd, tie it all into...