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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Good Shepherd has always been an evangelical church.By that I mean that from its inception, the church has taken a strong stand on the core doctrines of Christianity's good news (that's literally was the evangel is -- good news) such as:* the divinity of...
The rock world is buzzing with U2's new song Invisible, released for free on iTunes on Super Bowl night. You can read about it here.Do they take themselves too seriously? Yes. Does it sometimes take one transcendent song to rescue an otherwise...