Below is yesterday's sermon involving hand motions, focusing on the generations, and confessing to my own therapeutic need to deal with balls bouncing in church: I’m going to do a few hand motions and I want you to do them with me, OK? This is not like Sweatin’...
Just think of all the phrases in our lives that focus on the now. "Right this minute." "I need this ASAP!" "Right now!" "This instant." "Stay in the moment." On and on it goes. But what if all the focus on now, today, this moment prevented us from seeing...
Some of you might remember the post in November telling the improbable story of how I had signed a contract with Abingdon Press to publish the Head Scratchers sermon series as a book and study guide.You can read that post here.One of the ironies I describe in that...
One day not too long ago, I almost left the house with the iron still on.It was just sitting there, minding its own business and expanding its own heat, and I almost stepped out the door to leave for the day.Now, I suspect there is a "forgetful preacher protection"...
The majority of the messages from the current Beyond emphasis come from the Gospel of Mark.Every since my first semester at Asbury Seminary, where Dr. David Thompson taught a class with the creative title of The Gospel Of Mark, it has been my favorite of the four...
Yes, I had a wardrobe malfunction on Sunday morning.The stain that I thought I had rinsed off my shirt got worse by the time I arrived at church early on Sunday morning. So I knew that I knew that I knew that it would be a distraction.If to nobody else, to...
This isn't a series. It's a season. And these aren't messages. This is a movement. January 4: Beyond Me January 11: Beyond Now January 18: Beyond Enough January 25: Beyond Belief February 1: Above And Beyond February 8: The Great Beyond ...
Yesterday, Julie and traveled to Winston-Salem to watch a matinee men's basketball game between Princeton and Wake Forest.While we were at the game, this happened:And this:And then this:And while we are at it, why not this?No worries, though: no backboards were...
Yesterday I heard a radio interview with Mark Cuban, internet billionaire, owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, and star of the Shark Tank television show. He made the most salient observation of life in the digital age: The moment you put something online, you lose...
Yep, I like getting presents.(Actually, I gave some really good ones this year, including a 3-D image of our family from 3-D Innovations in SouthPark Mall. Julie now has it on display at her office.)So here are five of the most notable gifts I received:1. ...