Talbot Davis's Blog, page 84
March 29, 2017
Thinking About What You’ve Stopped Thinking About
For 2017, we have added Staff Seminary to our repertoire of how our staff gathers. What is Staff Seminary? It’s a monthly gathering in which our ministry staff receives interactive training in the skills of ministry. We have scheduled ten such gatherings in 2017, and I am slated to lead six of them. So far Read the full article...
The post Thinking About What You’ve Stopped Thinking About appeared first on Talbot Davis.
March 28, 2017
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Scriptures On Eternal Life
While it can be dangerous to attach too much importance to single verses of Scripture — thereby yanking them out of context — nevertheless there is something so powerful about certain sentences in the bible. Especially those that speak of eternal life. These are the words I read to terminally ill patients and their families Read the full article...
The post Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Scriptures On Eternal Life appeared first on Talbot Davis.
March 27, 2017
“Finished Business, Week 2” — The “Done With Pirate Playing” Sermon Rewind
This one was different. Instead of following the ME-WE-GOD-YOU-WE format inspired by Andy Stanley, yesterday’s message began with the text itself, Luke 22:47-51. Actually, it began with the texts before the text, exploring how Luke 22:36-38 and 39-45 put swords and temptation at the center of the story under consideration. And that story, the one Read the full article...
The post “Finished Business, Week 2” — The “Done With Pirate Playing” Sermon Rewind appeared first on Talbot Davis.
March 24, 2017
Finished Business, Week 2 — “Done With Pirate Playing”
We’ve got . . . Swashbucklin’ Sword swingin’ Ear choppin’ Jesus lovin’ all in store for this Sunday. In a story that makes so much more sense when you know the story behind it, we seeing what Jesus “finishes” next as he heads to the ultimate “It is finished” moment. Sunday. 8:30, 10, 11:30 on Read the full article...
The post Finished Business, Week 2 — “Done With Pirate Playing” appeared first on Talbot Davis.
March 23, 2017
#TBT — Fall, 1994
It’s the fall of 1994. Taylor has just started kindergarten. Riley has just turned two. I like wearing khakis and plaid short sleeve shirts. We’re in the Mt. Carmel parsonage in what remains one of our family’s favorite pictures.
The post #TBT — Fall, 1994 appeared first on Talbot Davis.
March 22, 2017
Better Church Or A Better Life?
This may be wishful thinking and it is admittedly anecdotal, but I’ve noticed a shift in the kinds of new people coming into the life of Good Shepherd these days. In earlier seasons of this church’s life, we seemed to get a lot of people who were looking for “a better church” than the one Read the full article...
The post Better Church Or A Better Life? appeared first on Talbot Davis.
March 21, 2017
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Lessons I’m Learning About Leadership After 50
I remember that time several years ago when I told a friend I wasn’t sure I’d still be in ministry once I turned 55 because I wasn’t sure I’d still have anything of value to contribute to the church or to the world. Wooops. I’m now 55. And a half. 55.5 if you’re more digital Read the full article...
The post Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Lessons I’m Learning About Leadership After 50 appeared first on Talbot Davis.
March 20, 2017
Finished Business, Week 1 — The “So Over Celebrity” Sermon Rewind
I thought I was really going to miss The Path Of Most Resistance. But I guess I don’t. This message hit home with a lot of folks, and, coupled with some dynamic musical responses, proved to be an entree for people to enter into a living relationship with Jesus Christ. Bottom line: We over-identify with Read the full article...
The post Finished Business, Week 1 — The “So Over Celebrity” Sermon Rewind appeared first on Talbot Davis.
March 17, 2017
“Finished Business” Launch — “So Over Celebrity”
Finished Business While hanging on the cross and in the throes of death, Jesus called out: “It is finished.” But just what got “finished” in that moment? What was completed in the last week of Jesus’ life on earth that could not have been accomplished any other way? Those are some of the questions we’ll Read the full article...
The post “Finished Business” Launch — “So Over Celebrity” appeared first on Talbot Davis.
March 16, 2017
A Little Bit Of This, A Little More Of That
Some random, disconnected thoughts on the first Thursday of March Madness . . . . At Good Shepherd, we have to take care that we don’t “brand the bullets & forget to brand the gun”; which means, as one expert told us, don’t spend so much time promoting individual sermon series that the church itself Read the full article...
The post A Little Bit Of This, A Little More Of That appeared first on Talbot Davis.
