This Sunday at Good Shepherd . . . Celebration Choir leads us in worship; That same choir does a hero medley you have to see to believe; 1980s pop culture references galore — you might even see a moonwalk; Discovery of what it means to have someone in your corner and to be in someone Read the full article…

For the next couple of days, Good Shepherd will be hosting the Leading Edge Children’s Ministry Conference. What is the Leading Edge? It’s the collection of the 100 largest United Methodist churches in the country in terms of worship attendance.  (I think Good Shepherd, at about 1,950 people per Sunday in 2014, would land between Read the full article…

Not too long ago, I received a message from my friend and colleague Dennis Sult that a couple in our church had suffered a miscarriage. The grief was multiplied by the fact that the loss of the baby occurred relatively late in the pregnancy. Mom and Dad asked if someone from the church would come Read the full article…

I mentioned in Sunday’s message that among those things about which I have no doubt said “I love that” is my car: a navy blue 2009 Nissan Maxima. I think it’s good-looking, and I know it’s roomy, reliable, and quick.  It’s for sure the best car I’ve ever had. But here are five others, in Read the full article…

From the time I arrived at church (7:10 a.m.) until the time the first service began (8:30), I was a petulant brat. I had misplaced a couple of my props (see first paragraph below).  I didn’t actually need them as we could have simply projected pictures of them.  But it was as if nothing in Read the full article…