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July 29, 2016
The Weekend Ahead . . .
Here’s what’s coming up over the next 72 hours: Tonght: 5 p.m. Wedding Rehearsal 6 p.m. Rehearsal Dinner Hosting 9 p.m. Sibling Reunioning Tomorrow: 3:00 Wedding Photos 5:00 Wedding 6:30ish Reception Why so involved in a wedding? Because our son Riley marries Natalie Burke on Saturday, surrounded by friends and family. Here’s the couple. Read the full article...
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July 28, 2016
Full Color Futbol
Last night, at Good Shepherd’s Annual Soccer Clinic at the Twin Lakes neighborhood . . . . . . I spoke to a member of the GSUMC family from Romania . . . . . . who joined a team of Anglos, African-Americans, and Latinos in delivering a futbol clinic . . . . . Read the full article...
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July 27, 2016
The Relationship Between Provision And Obedience
While trying to help someone navigate some particularly difficult terrain in life this week, the following truth occurred to me: Provision follows obedience. The provision of God generally follows obedience to God. Usually, we want it to happen the other way around. Lord, once I get this money/blessing/relationship/health, then I’ll start obeying you completely. I Read the full article...
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July 26, 2016
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Reflections On A Student Mission Trip
I spent last week in Wilkes County, North Carolina, part of Good Shepherd’s student mission team with the Carolina Cross Connection. CCC is a United Methodist-inspired mission organization that has this rather glorious mission statement: Carolina Cross Connection (CCC) is a Christian youth mission helping students and adults make a difference with people in need while Read the full article...
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July 25, 2016
My Sunday As A “Campus Pastor”
Yesterday Chris Thayer and I traded places. Meaning: he was the “live” preacher at 8:30, 10, and 11:30 on Moss Road while I was the “host” pastor at the Zoar Road Campus. It was a chance for me to meet a good number of people who had previously only known me in two dimensions — Read the full article...
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July 21, 2016
All Your Thoughts DON’T Need To Become Words
When I am walking in the flesh — meaning, not rigorously & consistently connected to the Holy Spirit — I can fall into a trap. The trap that says all my thoughts needs to be verbalized. As if I’ll lose it if I don’t say it. Sarcastic thoughts. Condescending thoughts. Gloating thoughts. Prideful thoughts. Even Read the full article...
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July 20, 2016
When A Guest In Worship Is . . . A Fellow Preacher
One Sunday a few weeks ago, one of my best preacher friends was in the worship crowd at Good Shepherd. He had recently retired but had not yet moved to the city that will be his home in retirement. So I badgered him into attending Good Shepherd before the move. Now know this: most of Read the full article...
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July 19, 2016
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Songs Released In 1971
I recently read David Hepworth’s Never A Dull Moment, a book that confirmed what I’d long felt but never articulated: 1971 was the greatest year in the history of recorded music. Hepworth goes through that seminal year month by month, artist by artist, and release by release. In a year featuring albums like Read the full article...
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July 18, 2016
Crash Test Dummies, Week 4 — “Deju Vu All Over Again” Sermon Recap
What do William Shatner, Chester Karras, and the Old Testament figure of Jephthah have in common? Yesterday’s sermon spills those beans. Drawing from chapters 10 and 11 of Judges, the “Deja Vu All Over Again” sermon landed at this bottom line: God doesn’t want to negotiate. He wants to liberate. (Speaking of Judges Read the full article...
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July 14, 2016
People & Change
Pastoral leaders are supposed to help people navigate change. It’s part of the territory. Sometimes I do it well. Other times I don’t. But someone said something a awhile back that has stuck with me: People don’t fear change. They fear what they’ll lose in change. How true. When you change a church’s structure, some Read the full article...
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