Coming into yesterday, I had been fighting with the sermon all week.I wasn't sure it was the best way to start the year.  I wasn't sure it was the best way to start the Defining Moments series.  I even confessed my inner struggle with the two friends who...

We all come to those occasions in life where we know something significant hangs in the balance.  The future of a marriage, the fate of a job, the outcome of a game, even the salvation of a soul. A moment, in other words, which defines all the moments to...

Most people who follow Christ and are even occasional readers of Scripture have a "default" section of the bible they turn to in times of need, confusion, or complacency.You know what I mean.  That place in the biblical library which speaks to you more than any...

You know how you can have a love/hate relationship with someone or something?  Friends, mates, jobs, churches, parents?  Meaning: sometimes you love that person or thing and other times, well . . .Yet as 2013 winds down I realize there are elements in my...

On this next-to-last day of the year, it seems appropriate to take stock of some of the best happenings in and around Good Shepherd in 2013.Without further adieu, here's the Best Of 2013 with hyperlinks to the relevant blog posts:Best Moment:  Telling the church...

Let's acknowledge something: it is impossible to grow up in the 1970s, have a sermon series with "Dreams" in the title, and not title one of the sermons Dream On.While Steven Tyler won't be making an appearance (though did you know Aerosmith guitarist Bradley Whitford...

On most Sundays at Good Shepherd, we remind the people of the church that the bible is not a book; it's a library.  I often have people tell me of the jolt of insight they received upon hearing those words and that understanding for the first time. And the...

We've planned.We've prepared.We've prayed.And so we're ready.Here are five things to know about tonight's Christmas Even Worship Gatherings at Good Shepherd:1.  We have three identical worship gatherings at 5, 7, and 9 p.m.  Each service will include rich...

So many interesting things happened yesterday that I just want to offer a few observations about them.It really was a head-spinning, mind-blowing, and even face-melting kind of day at Good Shepherd.  We pray that in addition to being head-spinning, it was also...

My adrenaline has been flowing all week long in anticipation of Dream Come True, the fourth message and worship service in the Wildest Dreams series.Why?Several reasons:1.  We will be led in worship by an 80 voice children's choir.  This is not a children's...