Talbot Davis's Blog, page 40
January 31, 2019
#TBT — Whatever Happened To That Kid?
I think I was in 2nd or 3rd grade when this one was taken. I remember I LOVED that yellow shirt. I remember this has a carefree time. Until I heard from one of my friends from back in that time, a guy who I hadn’t had any contact with in 40 years or so.
The post #TBT — Whatever Happened To That Kid? appeared first on Talbot Davis.
January 30, 2019
Competition, Comparison, Futility
From the ages of 8-18, I had one goal in life: to become the number one tennis player my age in the state of Texas. The good news is that it actually happened. After a string of second place finishes, I finally won it all when I was 17. Here’s a backhand from that match.
The post Competition, Comparison, Futility appeared first on Talbot Davis.
January 29, 2019
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Beatles Songs
It’s almost sacreligious to say, but I’ve never been an especially ardent fan of the Beatles. While I admit that they are by far the most influential and enduring of all rock bands, my personal tastes have leaned more towards the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, and even the Eagles. Yet even if I wasn’t one of the screaming, fainting fans
The post Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Beatles Songs appeared first on Talbot Davis.
January 28, 2019
“Up In Arms,” Week 4 — The “Righteous” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message …. Wrapped up the “Up In Arms” series; Began with Scripture as opposed to anecdotes or concepts; The Scripture with which it began was Jesus turning over the tables in the temple in Mark 11; Landed at this bottom, in the form of a question: Who gets better when you get mad? —————————————————————–
The post “Up In Arms,” Week 4 — The “Righteous” Sermon Rewind appeared first on Talbot Davis.
January 25, 2019
“Up In Arms,” Week 4 — “Righteous”
What a journey in Up In Arms. We started out by realizing together that the people who yell the loudest have the most to hide. Then it was you justify your anger when you can’t justify your behavior. Then last week Wayne Hobson brought down the house with a message called bringing down the house.
The post “Up In Arms,” Week 4 — “Righteous” appeared first on Talbot Davis.
January 24, 2019
#TBT — That Time I Hit With Rod Laver
If you’ve been following the Australian Open at all, then you may have noticed that the featured matches are played on something called Rod Laver Arena. Laver, for those uninitiated in the ways of tennis, was a pro player from Australia who won all four Grand Slam tournaments in the same season twice — 1962
The post #TBT — That Time I Hit With Rod Laver appeared first on Talbot Davis.
January 23, 2019
Of Strategy And Spirit
This has been one of my primary dilemmas in church leadership: do you rely on strategy or lean on the Spirit? Here’s what I mean. Back in the day, many churches (including Good Shepherd) adopted a model of church function and leadership that centered on a baseball diamond. Borrowing liberally from Rick Warren’s enormously successful
The post Of Strategy And Spirit appeared first on Talbot Davis.
January 22, 2019
Top Five Tuesday — My Top Five Children’s Books
One of the treasures I brought back to Charlotte with me after a weekend in Austin, Texas was this copy of Jack London’s The Call Of The Wild. ———————————– My mother used to read this one to me as we sat by the heating vent in my parents’ bedroom. I remember being captivated by the
The post Top Five Tuesday — My Top Five Children’s Books appeared first on Talbot Davis.
January 21, 2019
“Up In Arms,” Week 3 — The “Bringing Down The House” Sermon Rewind With Guest Blogger Wayne Hobson
While I spent this past weekend with my mother (Betty Davis, age 103) in Austin, Texas, Wayne Hobson brought the message in the third week of the Up In Arms series. Wayne was witty, insightful, compelling, and, in the words of a Good Shepherd friend, “he hit it out of the park.” Here’s his message:
The post “Up In Arms,” Week 3 — The “Bringing Down The House” Sermon Rewind With Guest Blogger Wayne Hobson appeared first on Talbot Davis.
January 17, 2019
Ephesians 3: Removing All Doubts It’s About The Pronouns
Over the last couple of posts, I have distinguished between ancient Greek speech making and modern American letter writing as we looked at the New Testament letter of Paul to the Ephesians. And Ephesians is 100% the former and 0% the latter. The pronouns have told us so, especially that when Paul says “we” or
The post Ephesians 3: Removing All Doubts It’s About The Pronouns appeared first on Talbot Davis.
