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October 24, 2016
Value Of A Soul, Week 1 — The “Precious” Sermon Rewind
Simul justus et peccator That’s the Latin phrase Martin Luther used to describe the state of the human soul: simultaneously justified and sinful. And while I’m less Lutheran than I am Wesleyan, nevertheless, I wanted the people of Good Shepherd to catch at least a sense of the ambiguity and dilemma of that phrase. So Read the full article...
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October 21, 2016
Value Of A Soul Launch — “Precious”
How much is a soul worth? Yours? Mine? The one belonging to the person you don’t know and likely will never meet? What is the ultimate value of that part of us that endures, literally, forever? Those are some of the heavy questions we’ll address during The Value Of A Soul. And this is one Read the full article...
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October 20, 2016
What Would I Have Been Like In Devin Tharp’s Youth Group?
Last week, Devin Tharp, who is our Pastor Of Student & Family Ministries, asked what I thought was a most interesting question: “when you were 17, what would you have been like to have in youth group?” I immediately thought two things: What an interesting question. That’s a blog post if I’ve ever heard one. Read the full article...
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October 19, 2016
What Fitness Training & Spiritual Health Have In Common
One time several years, I was at the local YMCA and while doing my little workout eavesdropped on a couple of guys doing their big workout. And one said to the other, “If you work on the stuff no one sees, you really help what everyone sees.” In other words, if you want big chest Read the full article...
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October 18, 2016
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five (Or Six) Paths To Productivity, 21st Century Style
We all have deadlines, but then again, we all have distractions, too. So what are some ways in the digital age to increase productivity, in ministry and otherwise? Here are five that are helping me: 1.Screen off, music on. I realized on Monday night that I got more done in 90 minutes at home while Read the full article...
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October 17, 2016
The “Help For Going It Alone” Conversation / Sermon Rewind
So in delivering “Help For Going It Alone,” I didn’t go it alone. Instead, I invited Morgan Enright, one of the leading therapists in Charlotte, to have a conversation with me about single parenting and single living in the 21st century. I am including my questions and notes from Morgan’s answers below. Our current Read the full article...
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October 14, 2016
Nooks & Crannies, Week 4 — Help For Going It Alone
So we wind up Nooks & Crannies this Sunday in an unexpected place: what do you do when you’re the only adult trying to discover meaning in the massively small places in your home and in your relationships? What does it look like for single adults and single parents to live well in the nooks Read the full article...
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October 13, 2016
Some Nooks & Crannies Worth Considering . . .
As the Nooks & Crannies series nears its conclusion, these reflections on marriage and family from Anna Quindlen’s memoir Lots Of Candles, Plenty Of Cake bear repeating: If a marriage is to endure over time, it has to be because both people within it have tacitly acknowledged something that young lovers might find preposterous: it’s bigger, Read the full article...
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October 12, 2016
When I Feel Like A Pastor
One day last week, I went to the home of a family in the church to see how the man of the house was holding up after shoulder surgery. No crisis, no drama, no life-and-death; instead, an opportunity to get to know some folks beyond “hey, how’s it going?” on a Sunday morning. Praying for Read the full article...
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October 11, 2016
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Realizations From The Soundtrack Of My Youth
This past Friday, Julie and I went to the Fillmore, Charlotte to see a Led Zeppelin cover band called Zoso. I consider this payback for the two Jack Wagner concerts Julie made me attend with her in the 1980s. Actually, I probably still have some payback built up from those. Anyway, the show made me Read the full article...
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