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Love Song, Week 5 — What If One ISN’T The Loneliest Number?
October 3, 2014 0

You might have heard this one before by Three Dog Night: But what if there is more to “one” than loneliness? What if there is more to being single than singleness? What if we concluded a series that’s been all about marriage and romance and intimacy with a look at what the Song Of Songs Read the full article…

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Some Things I Do When A Meeting Loses Steam . . .
October 2, 2014 0

Over the years, I’ve attended more than a few meetings during which I became . . . disengaged. Usually, but not always, these are denominational affairs.  If it’s not Methodist, then it usually covers something I’m not very adept at or familiar with. Sometimes I even become disengaged at a meeting I am leading.  That’s Read the full article…

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Why We Say ‘Living Relationship’ And Not ‘Personal Relationship’
October 1, 2014 0

If you have been to Good Shepherd for more than five minutes, you have heard the church’s mission statement: Inviting All People Into A Living Relationship With Jesus Christ. Thanks to our friend Will Mancini, we chose every word in that sentence with great care, as each one conveys something essential about our church. And Read the full article…

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Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Reasons We Don’t Do Fund Raisers
September 30, 2014 5

There is no Fall Bazaar at Good Shepherd. No bake sales. We’re not a hot dog church. No barbecues, yard sales, or pumpkin patches. We don’t even operate as a consignment store one weekend a year. In fact, not only do we not do extra-curricular fund raisers, I go further and contend that such activities Read the full article…

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“All Of Me” Recap
September 29, 2014 0

Preaching at Good Shepherd really is an incredible privilege. Not only because of the size and style and multi-cultural demographics, as great as all those blessings are. An even greater privilege rests in the the freedom the people of the church give me to explore some of the most provocative themes in Scripture and they Read the full article…

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