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June 15, 2017
Another Year; “Just” Another Vacation Bible School . . .
Ok, it’s in the books. We had a three day Vacation Bible Experience this week. I served as a crew leader. Been there, done that. Or is there more to it than that? When kids have the freedom and feel the safety to ask “How do you know there’s really a God?” is it “just
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June 14, 2017
Ministry Toolbox
This is the season of the year when many United Methodist pastors begin new assignments. I’ve only been through that kind of season twice — once in 1990 when I graduated from seminary and began serving Mt. Carmel & Midway Churches in Monroe and again in 1999 when I began pastoring here at Good Shepherd.
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June 13, 2017
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Reflections From An Indiana Trip
I spent three days last week in Indianapolis for the 2017 meeting of the Indiana Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. The Indiana chapter of the Confessing Movement invited me to give a couple of talks and then the good folks at Cokesbury arranged two different book signing sessions. (Every Annual Conference meeting around
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June 12, 2017
Chiseled, Week 2 — The “Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation” Sermon Rewind
As Chiseled moved into its second week, the message featured … A bit of personal trivia involving the words “theocentric” and “anthrocentric”; The results of a Facebook survey asking the question ‘how has God made your life better?’ (if he has at all); A corporate reading of Psalm 145:1-8 before the message began; Pictures of
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June 9, 2017
Chiseled, Week 2 — “Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation”
Well, The Who may well have talked about their generation … … but we’ll talk about yours. And those you’re responsible for. And the reasons God actually makes your life better (even if he has to make it harder to do so). It’s all going to land us in a place where we will
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June 8, 2017
#TBT — Monroe (NC) Enquirer-Journal, July 24, 1994
While looking at an old picture album, I came across this article from the July 24, 1994 edition of the Monroe (NC) Enquirer-Journal. So much to look on with some nostalgia from this piece . . . The Mt. Carmel sanctuary. We used an overhead projector to display song lyrics right under the cross;
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June 7, 2017
When Someone FINALLY Does What You Tell Them
For several years, I’ve been encouraging a preacher friend of mine to see the light, read Communicating For A Change, use the ME-WE-GOD-YOU-WE outline it describes, and preach a one-point sermon. But my friend is notoriously hard-headed and for years he resisted. Until this last Sunday. Here’s the report he gave me: Full disclosure: tried the me/we/God/you/we
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June 6, 2017
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Things Never USED To Happen In Ministry But Now OFTEN Do
I’ve been doing this for more than a quarter-century now. I started in 1990. I’ve served only two appointments in that time (1990-1999 at Mt. Carmel-Midway in Monroe and 1999-present here at Good Shepherd), but I’ve seen more than a couple of changes in ministry. In fact, there are number of things that almost never happened
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June 5, 2017
“Chiseled” Launch — The “Masterpiece Theater” Sermon Rewind
Chiseled launched yesterday with a message that I felt good about because it …. Linked the start of Ephesians 2:1=10 (and you were dead) with its conclusion (you are his workmanship) by connecting impulse and impact; Led to a video conclusion involving a regular guy and his son who made a spectacular impact on a
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June 2, 2017
Chiseled Launch — Masterpiece Theater
In 2017, we have had … Creatures Of Habit The Path Of Most Resistance Finished Business Love Handles. I have felt good about each one, and your feedback throughout the year has only increased in appreciation. So just wait until we devote an entire series to calling out what is best in you. It’s called
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