Back in 2010, I was able to spend a couple of days at the pro tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California. It's a glorious venue in an idyllic setting, and it's actually the fifth most prestigious tournament in the world after the four Grand Slams. While there I...
The Only Thing I Fear More Than Dogs …
... is people not getting any of my books. So my Good Shepherd friends Eric & Angie Matras batted .500 last night in their new home in Lake Wylie, SC.
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Coldest Times In My Life
Coldest? Coldest? Well, yeah. Coldest. With 90 plus degrees in the Carolinas and no relief in sight, how about some blog relief? Here they are: the five most heat-resistant, coldest times in my life. 5. That November snowstorm in Dallas in 1978. All I know is that...
“Famous Last Words,” Week 4 — The “What God Breathed” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday's message ... Began with a string of negative analogies (check it out); Explained the vast -- and liberating -- difference between "God-breathed" and "God-dictated"; In the PREACHED version, included a spontaneous shout out to Asbury Seminary's Dr. David...
#TBT — Team Texas, USTA Intersectionals, July 1980
Last week, I showed Team Texas at the USTA Intersectional Championship for Boys' 18-and-under from 1979. I was the youngest, shortest, and skinniest on that team. Today it's Team Texas from 1980. None of those adjectives describe me this time! The "older" guys on...
“Are You Going To Go Practice Your Sermon, Daddy?”
During our South Carolina vacation last week, our 30-year-old daughter asked me early one evening, "Are you going to go practice your sermon, Daddy?" On the one hand, the question is 100% understandable, as she grew up waking up to the sounds of early morning sermon...
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five (Or Six) Reflections On Memory, Tradition, And Vacation
Julie and I spent last week in Hilton Head Island, SC. We had a couple of days alone and then were joined by our children and their spouses for the bulk of the week. Here we are: From left there you'll see Talbot, Julie, Nate Underwood, Taylor Underwood,...
Monday Sermon Rewind — Guest Blogger Devin Tharp
Yesterday's message ... Came from my friend and colleague Devin Tharp, our Family Ministries Pastor and Team Leader of the Beautiful Marriage Movement; Interrupted the "Famous Last Words" series so that Devin could share freely and personally; Was delivered...
#TBT — USTA Intersectionals, July 1979
This is "Team Texas" from the National Intersectional Championships held on the campus of TCU in Fort Worth, Texas, in July of 1979 There I am on the far left, looking younger and skinnier and shorter than all the others. Because I was. Nevertheless, after some...
We Welcome Andrea Rouse
Welcome Andrea Rouse We are pleased to announce that Andrea Rouse has joined the GS staff as a Student Ministry Coordinator, where she will be working with Mathew Hargett as they invite all students into a living relationship with Jesus Christ. Her first day will be...