My 103 year old mother, at her Assisted Living Facility in Buda, Texas. And here's the proof:

While on this quick trip to the Texas Hill Country visiting my mother and her new assisted living facility, I decided to decorate her room in the best way I knew how. With a box set of these five books from Abingdon Press. It's like I told her: "Mom, it's just like a...

How's that for a title? Now: memorizing bible verses can be a mixed blessing. We don't want to take verses out of their context. It's important to read the bible, not just its verses. However, in times of crisis and confusion -- or simply for personal growth -- there...

No sermon rewind today. No sermon yesterday. Instead, Julie and I were interviewed by Devin Tharp on how we have managed and enjoyed a 35 year marriage. At the conclusion we distributed hundreds of Take Out cartons. Instead there was NO sweet & sour chicken....

A first of its kind this Sunday. OK, two firsts of its/their kind this Sunday. For the message, my wife Julie and I will be interviewed by Devin Tharp on the highs and lows, ins and outs, and ups and downs of a 35 year marriage. We'll talk about how as single people...

One of our great goals for a living relationship with Jesus Christ is that faith will "start at home." Regardless of family configuration, we believe that faith begins in the home and not at the church. And it's a beautiful things to see when it comes to pass. Here's...

Here's a window into November at Good Shepherd: we are calling the sermon series that month The Trust Factor and it will spend four weeks plumbing the depths of two bible verses. Huh? When those two verses are Proverbs 3:5-6, you see why so few words are worthy of so...

As a lot of you know, I write a sermon manuscript virtually every week. I am able to work several weeks ahead, so while I write one almost every week, it's not the one I'll deliver that coming Sunday. That one, of course, has been written several weeks earlier. But...

Yesterday's message ... Talked about Jack & Rose on the Titanic, Johnny & Maria in West Side Story, and me and Brooke Shields in college. Really.Gave this bit of free advice: some people ask questions not because they want answers but because they want an...

I have lived through seasons of life where Jesus was an occupation. I read the bible only to search for sermon material.  I prayed because that's what preachers are supposed to do.  I served so that others in the church could see me serving. ...