This coming sermon concerns a young man but it is about a young church. The young man is Archippus from Colossians 4 — the same place where we have seen all our other hidden heroes. The young church is Good Shepherd. To see how those two intersect and to hear some of the biggest news Read the full article…
As I think back on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 — that is, yesterday — I realize with no little gratitude all the different roles I played in one day as pastor of Good Shepherd. First, there was sermon internalizer. Way before I left the house yesterday, I spent some quality time with this Sunday’s sermon, Read the full article…
Last week, I received an email from a friend at Good Shepherd. My friend is in recovery from alcoholism, so that is a frequent subject of our conversations together, and he knows how much joy I get from his journey to sobriety. Here’s part of his email: I wanted to tell you about a guy I heard Read the full article…
Last week I met a woman who told me she has a son named, of all things, Talbot. (I posted a condensed version of our conversation yesterday on Facebook here.) So that encounter prompts me to re-visit a blog from a couple of years ago having to do with my name. Here it is on Read the full article…
Yesterday was both fun and serious, whimsical and reverent. First of all, the worship program was shaped like a comic book. Then choir led us in worship, we celebrated a bunch of babies, were treated to the second promo video (see Friday’s post), and then came this sermon about Onesimus, our second Hidden Hero. Onesimus Read the full article…
