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October 29, 2018
How To Tell A Mountain From A Molehill, Week 4 — The “Finders Losers” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message … Was the first time in forever that I pulled out a message on Monday, began the process of rehearsing/internalizing it, realized that I did not like it one bit, and started over almost from scratch. I can hardly tell you how unusual this was. Plus, I was in Atlanta for a Methodist
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October 25, 2018
#TBT — Park Cities News, Fall, 1978
I saw this among some old photos recently: Our local micro-newspaper, The Park Cities News, had a series of profiles on local athletes and, as a rising junior in high school, I qualified. I love the accuracy of the hindsight: the family information is correct, including the mention of Texas State Champion sister Nancy
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October 23, 2018
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Things That Strangely Warm My Heart
We Methodists have an odd phase: “a heart strangely warmed.” It comes from a seminal moment in John Wesley’s personal journal when he recounts a spiritual experience on Aldersgate Street in London in May of 1738: About a quarter before nine, while [a teacher on the book of Romans] was describing the change which God
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October 22, 2018
How To Tell A Mountain From A Molehill, Week 3 — The “Rock People & Sand People” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message led to this immediate response from a Good Shepherd friend: I love how once again you were talking to me (because it’s about me lol) this morning and pulling be back in. As if you are reaching out for my hand and saying “get back here”. I heard you. I am the sand.
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October 18, 2018
#TBT — Me, Davie Baird, Fall 1968
This is always been one of my favorite photos, and I brought it back home after my recent Austin trip: I’m on the right, holding the football and not looking at the camera. To my right (left on the photo) is my best friend at the time, Davie Baird. He was also the youngest child
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October 17, 2018
Guest Blogger, Brooke Presley — What Children’s Church Curricula Are NOT Teaching
During How To Tell A Mountain From A Molehill, the Children’s Ministry Team at Good Shepherd has created content for the K-Zone that mirrors what I have been teaching in the Worship Center. That means that for the past Sunday, our team needed children’s material to supplement Self-absorption leads to soul destruction from the Parable
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October 16, 2018
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five (Or Six) Reasons I’m Excited Missy Buchanan Is Coming To Good Shepherd
Later this week — for a Thursday Staff Seminary and then for a Friday Out & About Luncheon — Good Shepherd is bringing in speaker and author Missy Buchanan. There are five reasons why I am especially excited about this project. Here they are. Missy Writes Good. She is a multi-published author, with a series
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October 15, 2018
#HowToTellAMountainFromAMolehill, Week 2 — The “When YOLO Met Selfie Stick” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message … Featured some biblical context work that I felt really good about, and which suggested a possible identity for the parabolic character known as “The Rich Fool”; Reminded people that Yoda would have phrased YOLO as OOYL; Included an anecdote from Pastor Craig Barnes that, when I shared it at 8:30, realized that
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October 11, 2018
When A LifeGroup Revealed Deepest Motivations
On a recent Thursday morning, I attended BUT DID NOT LEAD a Good Shepherd LifeGroup. The group is actually using a new Seedbed study on the book of Hebrews, authored by Ken Schenk, who was a classmate of mine at Asbury Seminary. Anyway, the group leader asked this question: “What
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October 10, 2018
A New Look At An Old Sin
In the study guide “Lord, Change My Attitude,” Pastor James McDonald offers this definition of covetousness: “Wanting something so much that you lose your satisfaction in God.” I like that. I like that because I live it. Things I want so badly it causes me to lose satisfaction in God: To have major church growth with only minor
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