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December 14, 2018
Wait For It, Week 2 — “The Waiting Game”
Many years ago while I was pastoring in Monroe, I had a UMC preacher friend who chose the most interesting time to pump her fist and say “Yeah!” When there was a snow-out. In those days, that meant that the sermon you prepared for this Sunday could be delivered next Sunday when the snow had
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December 13, 2018
#TBT — This Was Us, 2002
This was us in 2002. Wonder what the card will be like sixteen years later?
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December 12, 2018
How A 1993 Cassette Sermon Paved The Way For A 2018 Digital Church
Some dear friends from Good Shepherd handed me this cassette tape on a recent Sunday morning. When I was a young preacher in Monroe, North Carolina, the ministry of Lenny Stadler at Weddington United Methodist Church almost defied belief. Throughout the decade of the 1990s, he led what had been a sleepy little country
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How A 1993 Cassette Tape Sermon Paved The Way For A 2018 Digital Church
Some dear friends from Good Shepherd handed me this cassette tape on a recent Sunday morning. When I was a young preacher in Monroe, North Carolina, the ministry of Lenny Stadler at Weddington United Methodist Church almost defied belief. Throughout the decade of the 1990s, he led what had been a sleepy little country
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December 11, 2018
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Reflections From A Snow Day Weekend
Winter Storm Diego made an unwelcome appearance in Western North Carolina this past weekend, and so we didn’t have church on Sunday. That doesn’t mean the weekend was without high drama and poignant moments, all of which are worthy of some reflections below. 1. An Asheville wedding, a lumpy throat, and a lot of beauty
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December 6, 2018
Should You Preach OTHER PREACHER’S Sermons?
That’s a loaded question, isn’t it? Is it ever appropriate for a preacher — regardless of his or her level of experience — to preach sermons that have for all practical purposes been prepared by someone else? It’s not only a loaded question, it’s a relevant one. Chuck Swindoll, for example, tells of the time
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December 5, 2018
Inviting All People Starts VERY Early
This week, I received a note and photo from a Good Shepherd friend who is also a new mom. Here’s the photo: The note said, “Thanks to Good Shepherd for the Bible stories book! I love reading these to our daughter!” Because inviting all people into a living relationship with Jesus Christ starts
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December 4, 2018
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Things That Are Really Hard To Wait For
As we dig into a series called “Wait For It …” how could I post on anything else? Carly Simon said it this way: “Anticipation . . . it’s making me late, it’s keeping me waiting.” And some things in life are more full of anticipation than others. Some days and some events are so
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December 3, 2018
“Wait For It” Launch — The “Waiting For The Other Shoe To Drop” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message … Began with a Paul Harvey-esque moment about the origin of the phrase “waiting for the other shoe to drop”; Explained that biblical prophets are not so much future predictors as hope givers (and, occasionally, judgment declarers); Landed at the bottom line “when there’s no way out, God sends a new way through”;
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November 30, 2018
“Wait For It” Launches — “Waiting For The Other Shoe To Drop”
The name of our Christmas series has worked just like I wanted it to. I tell folks that the name is … Wait For It … and then they wait. As if the title is coming. And then, of course, I say, “No, that’s it. Wait For It!” Advent is a season of patience, longing,
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