One of the best things I have learned in recent months is the concept of translating the cause.I gleaned these ideas from our friends at Newell & Associates and their High Impact Volunteer Training.It's not quantum physics, but it is a way of inviting people into...
Most of us view church as analogous to a weekly trip to the chiropractor.What happens in a chiropractor's office?The patient assumes the ready position, the doctor places his or her hands in just the right place, and WHOOSH! A quick movement, a sharp sensation,...
Did you know there is now a Game Show Network? All game shows, all the time.Which, of course, gets me thinking: what are my top five favorite game shows of all time?Here they are: a tribute to that uniquely American contribution to the human condition, the...
Do you know the best thing about the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman from John 4?That it has almost nothing to do with the verse everyone thinks it's about: 4:24, where Jesus talks about worshipping in spirit and in truth.Nope. That's not the heart...
We've all felt this way.Alone, isolated, and ashamed.Occasionally, shame is what we volunteer for.More often, it's what we are victims.However you get there, it's not designed to be a long stay.I believe that as we continue the Wash Me! series, God will do some...
A few weeks ago, I mentioned on Facebook how my brother Harvey was running for Mayor of Hays, Texas.Well, the election was last Saturday, May 10 AND HE WON.36-24.A win is a win. Out of my mother's four sons, one is an elected judge in Louisiana and the other is...
One of the best movie lines in the history of forever is this one from Jerry Maguire:"Shut up. Just shut up. You had me at hello." In other words, Tom Cruise, you can stop talking now because I already agree with what you haven't yet said.And...
I'm 52.(Now when my own father was 52, I was two. Several times over the last couple of years I have thanked God that Davis Family history did not repeat itself.)But at 52, I have twenty-four years of full-time ministry in and can anticipate fifteen or so to...
One of the things that first strikes newcomers to Good Shepherd is the amount of hand raising that happens during praise and worship. Occasionally people even tell us how, um, un-Methodist it seems.Not everybody and not all the time, mind you, but certain...
Suddenly, they're everywhere.President Obama. Ellen DeGeneres. Kim Kardashian. Anyone who has ever had anything to do with the Kardashians.I'm talking about selfies.As it turns out, we really are our own favorite subject.This Sunday, we'll dig...