This may sound odd from a preacher who just led a church through a series called Defining Moments, but here goes: some people need fewer "moments" and more "momentum."See, a lot of folks wait for, long for, yearn for God to change their lives in an...
When A House Becomes A Home
Good Shepherd Church spent all of January of 2013 focused on the Radical Impact Project called The Home Campaign.For a solid month, we taught about healing our homes while simultaneously building momentum and passion around a home that heals.And by "home that heals"...
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Bands Who Won’t Be Featured In A Top Five Tuesday List
If you've read this blog for any length of time, you know that from time to time -- on selected Tuesdays -- I will count down my five favorite songs from some of my favorite artists.For example, I've featured top five blogs on U2, Bruce Springsteen, Tom...
What’s The Alternative? Sermon Recap
I'm so pleased to watch what God is doing during The Shadow Of A Doubt.The music has been ideal, the crowds have been extraordinary, and I have felt good about both preparation and delivery of the messages.As an added bonus, yesterday we got to hear from several of...
The Shadow Of A Doubt, Week 2 — What’s The Alternative?
The Shadow Of A Doubt Promo from GSUMC on Vimeo.By Sunday, the snow will be gone.The sky will be Carolina blue.But you'll still have some doubts that are some shades of gray.That's why week 2 of The Shadow Of A Doubt might be the one I'm looking forward to the...
What I Am Learning By Being On @Twitter
Over the last several months, I opened a Twitter account.@TalbotDavis if you are interested.I'm still a neophyte at all this. I don't follow that many people nor do I have a lot of followers. Most of my contacts on Twitter appear to be fellow United...
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five “Surprises” From New People At Good Shepherd
On Sunday night, I wrapped up Next Steps, a four week membership exploration class at Good Shepherd.It was a large group of people -- attendance hovered around 50 people or so -- who came from a variety of religious and non-religious backgrounds.At various points in...
Anatomy Of A Sermon
As some of you know, I've been looking forward to the launch of The Shadow Of A Doubt for a long time. And I had special anticipation for the first message in the series, "Believe It And Not." I loved the story in question -- Mark 9:14-27. I believe...
The Shadow Of A Doubt Launch — Believe It And Not
I am really looking forward to this new series The Shadow Of A Doubt.I like the series title.I like the series graphics.I like the way it follows up on Defining Moments.I like the worship art that we have supporting the sermons.I like the title of this week's...
An Evening With A Dozen Teenagers
I spent a couple of hours last evening with a remarkable collection of teenagers.They were part of our HalfWay House ministry, which meets at the Zoar Road Outreach Center each Wednesday night.Under the expert leadership of Devin Tharp, the students opened Scripture,...