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April 26, 2018
Like Son, Like Father?
On Wednesday evening, I was able to support the ministry of my 25 year old son Riley and his wife Natalie. What? Yes, they are part of the Campus Crusade For Christ (these days called more simply “Cru”) at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Riley asked me to speak to a group of his
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April 25, 2018
Words Making Worlds … In A 12 Year Old
Several of us on staff at Good Shepherd received this email from a mom last week: [My 12 year old son] was sharing a story with me today on the way to school. He said some of his friends were talking about Jesus and one of the girls at the table revealed that she was
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April 24, 2018
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five (Or More) Things OTHER People Should Say
There are certain phrases that those of us who are part of the church in general and ministry in particular should never use as self-descriptors. In other words, we should never say them about ourselves . . . but we should be grateful if others say them about us. Here are a few: Claim to
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April 23, 2018
Bragging Rights, Week 3 — The “What We Are Like Now” Sermon Rewind
Yesterday’s message … BEGAN “old school”: we stood and read the Scripture (or, if I was going super UMC collared and liturgical, “the lection”) out loud and together; Repeatedly connected the Mark 5 story of the Gerasene demoniac with the Mark 4 story of the calming of the storm (thank you, Asbury Seminary!); Had a
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April 20, 2018
Bragging Rights, Week 3 — “What We Are Like Now”
Our journey through Bragging Rights has taken us from What We Were Like to What Happened, all in order to prepare us for What We Are Like Now. That’s this coming Sunday, April 22, and it’s a message I can’t wait to give. Part of my excitement stems from the fact that we’ll be announcing
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April 19, 2018
Young Adult Insights Into The Wild Bible
On Wednesday evening, the Young Adult (18-28) LifeGroup that meets in our house explored three of the worst stories in Scripture. Using Sandy Richter’s Ruth study from the Epic Of Eden, the group learned about these wretched events: The incestuous origins of the Moabits & Ammonites from Genesis 19 (as well as the possibility that
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April 18, 2018
Why So Many Of Us PREFER Chaos To Calm
Mark 4:35-41 contains this fabulous little story whose meaning is wrapped up in its subtle choice of words: 35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also
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April 17, 2018
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Proofs I Am Third Most Innocent
My signature accomplishment in high school was being awarded Third Most Innocent in the senior superlatives edition of our campus newspaper. Here’s the proof: Anyway, five moments during a recent Eagles concert showed me just how accurate that “award” was. Here goes: I did not know what the “warm smell of colitas” was until
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April 16, 2018
Dealing With Opposition
(No sermon rewind today as Ron Dozier preached at Good Shepherd yesterday.) I have had seasons where I’ve had somewhere I wanted to go, some things I wanted to do, and at every turn (not that I was seeking it out!) – someone or something stands in opposition. And the more of a solutionist you
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April 12, 2018
#TBT — Texas Sectionals, Corpus Christi, TX, 1973
Here I am at 11 losing — badly — to Boyd Bryan in the quarterfinals of the 1973 Texas Sectionals for Boys’ 12-and-under. I’d estimate the score was 6-1, 6-2, maybe 6-2, 6-3. Boyd never missed and when I was 11 I had already started serve-and-volleying, and I missed a lot. Please note: The
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