Yesterday we launched into Home, which is both a sermon series and a Radical Impact Project.  You can read more about it here.And the first message came from the concluding words of Jesus' Sermon On The Mount:24 Therefore everyone who hears these words of...

Homes. We build them, we buy them, we decorate them, we renovate them, and sometimes we even tear them down. But we all know that a home is really the sum of the relationships that take place inside it – the complicated web of roles and responsibilities that we share...

We're putting an enormous amount of effort into this next series at Good Shepherd -- a month-long effort called, simply, Home.It's a multi-layered project, complete with meetings, prayers, meals, songs, devotions, a dedicated Facebook page with its own QR code, and a...

I've been thinking about the unique connections between preaching, salaries, and leadership recently.In most workplace settings, employees clearly work for those who pay their salaries.If you work in a large company, for example, you more than likely work for your...

I saw again yesterday morning why we at Good Shepherd have a Prayer Room in our church.At the conclusion of the 10:00 a.m. worship service -- I didn't preach but instead got to enjoy a fabulous-first-sermon-ever by Chris Thayer, our Director of Discipleship -- I found...

Earlier this week, Good Shepherd had another nice news story about its Spanish speaking ministry, this one in the South Charlotte supplement of the Charlotte Observer.  And despite reports to the contrary, people still read newspapers.  At least some of them...

Yes, Scripture tells us that it is more blessed to give than to receive.But receiving isn't so bad, either.Here's some of what I received this Christmas season . . . Entertainment . . . Tickets to the Eric Clapton show (with opening act The Wallflowers) here in...

Here's what coming up on Sunday, December 23 and Monday, December 24:Sunday, December 23Week Four of Christmas On Memory Lane  with a sermon called "Blessed Amnesia" at 8:30, 10, and 11:30.Simultaneous worship at 11:30 -- English in the Worship Center and Spanish...

. . . South Korea just elected its first female president.. . . the NHL has yet to drop its first puck.. . . the all-electric Chevy Volt has set the worst kind of sales records.. . . despite reports to the contrary, Cam Newton is really good.. . . so is Russell...

While most Methodist churches refrain from all kinds of clapping -- either the rhythmic kind during a praise song or the appreciative kind during a sermon -- Good Shepherd has always been one of the exceptions. We clap during most songs on most Sundays.  We...