There are so many reasons to love Nehemiah:  he was bold, he was charismatic, he was optimistic, he did not wilt in the face of opposition. Yet this coming Sunday we will drill down on what I love most about this overlooked figure from Old Testament history: the short...

  First Serve is back!  What is it?  It’s one of the best ways we have of inviting all people into a living relationship with Jesus Christ. On Saturday, May 2 (the first Saturday of May!  Get it?) at 9 a.m., we gather together at Good Shepherd on Moss Road to...

You know how life works:  If THIS . . . Then THAT.  It's the classic formula for cause-and-effect. So here are some foolproof "if . . . then" statements I've been pondering. Some of them from personal experience and others from close observation. I'll let you...

People often ask Julie what it is like being a preacher's wife. But for five days last week, the tables were turned & the roles were reversed, and I filled the role of Vice-President's husband. Julie is a VP of Sales for BSN Medical, a German-based company...

I am thankful to say that Solutionists seems to be striking a chord with the people of Good Shepherd.  Here's what one friend posted about yesterday's message: Exactly what I needed to hear. I didn't realize it until it made me cry. Another friend put it this way: ...

This was a publicity photo for the National Boys' 18-and-under Indoor Tennis Championships, held in in Dallas in November of 1979. I think they took it because I was a homegrown participant in the event, and might generate some media attention. Which might have...

Brian Sigmon is the Abingdon editor who found the Head Scratchers material online in the summer of 2014, approached me about publishing them, and VOILA! the rest is a triology's worth of history. Here he is talking Head Scratchers the book:...

This list won't have the hardest drum-driven songs.  Nor will it have the longest drum solos (sorry, those of you longing for Moby Dick by Led Zeppelin).  I doubt it will even include work by those drummers considered by the experts to be the "best." It's my blog,...

  For the first time ever, I began a series by telling where the series idea came from.  You'll read the story below. I think it worked pretty well, and helped tie the message to the overall ministry of recovery, something I desperately wanted to do. At the...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM9iJEyJObs A lot of folks are good at pointing out problems. But precious few excel at pinpointing solutions. At Good Shepherd we are committed to becoming less of the former and more of the latter. So join us in this season after...