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June 25, 2019
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Strategic Shifts In Going From Transactional To Relational
In the fall of 2018, we solicited the help of some outside experts — ok, call them what they are, consultants — to try to help us reach our potential as a congregation. Their most painful yet much needed feedback was this: “you feel more transactional than relational.” Meaning: the newcomer doesn’t really how to
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June 24, 2019
Escape From Average, Week 4 — The “Past Life” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message … Drilled down into ONE verse — Matthew 9:9; Started with a Wheel Of Fortune moment; Grew eerily quiet in two places … I suspect you can figure them out; Concluded with an exercise involving writing a new story and receiving a new pen!; Led to this bottom line: If you’re haunted by
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June 21, 2019
Escape From Average, Week 4 — “Past Life”
I like this Sunday’s message. A lot. The audience participation. The bible excavation. The Scriptural appreciation. And maybe most of all the personal application you’ll be able to take from it. It’s called Past Life, and it’s Sunday at 8:30, 10, and 11:30 at Moss Road, 9 & 10:30 at Zoar, and 11:30 in Spanish.
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June 20, 2019
#TBT — (Almost) Exactly 40 Years Ago
This past Sunday, June 16, was the 40th anniversary of the best tennis match I ever played and the biggest match I ever won. (I know I’m writing four days after the anniversary, but I don’t blog on Sunday, Monday is Sermon Rewind, Tuesday is Top Five, and by Wednesday time, why not just wait
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June 19, 2019
Could You Take A Memo, Please: Inspiration And Dictation In The Letters Of Paul
When we think of Paul authoring his New Testament epistles — whether it’s the theological tour de force of Romans or the personal plea of Philemon — we typically envision him in this posture: Alone with his thoughts and his God, pen in hand, parchments on desk, and, of course, Spirit hovering somewhere over the
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June 18, 2019
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five VBX Numbers From VBX 2019
Last week the people of Good Shepherd Church hosted a record setting, powered up Vacation Bible Experience. And when I say the people, I mean the people — I needed to be away in Austin, Texas with my mom (who is fine!) during all four days. So here are the top five numbers of VBX.
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June 17, 2019
Escape From Average, Week 3 — The “Leavin’ The Dad Life” Sermon Rewind
The message concluded with this video:
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June 12, 2019
Words That Are Still True When Your Kids Are 26 And 29.
In her memoir Lots Of Candles, Plenty Of Cake, Anna Quindlen offers these reflections on marriage, longevity, and parenting: If a marriage is to endure over time, it has to be because both people within it have tacitly acknowledged something that young lovers might find preposterous: it’s bigger, and more important, than both of us.
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June 11, 2019
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Reflections On A 35th Anniversary
This past Sunday, June 9, 2019, was a milestone for me and my wife Julie as we celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary. That means we got married in June of 1984, the start of the summer of Ghost Busters, Born In The USA, the Los Angeles Olympics, and the singular dominance of John McEnroe. From
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June 10, 2019
Escape From Average, Week 2 — The “A Peek Under The Hood” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message … Varied considerably from the written sermon (that’s the advantage or daily practice … I was able to excise that which wasn’t making sense); Celebrated John’s pile on of descriptive words about Jesus. AGAIN. Concluded with an anecdote from our son’s rehearsal dinner; Led to this bottom line full of symmetry: Jesus reveals
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