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Some Things I Think That I Think
August 14, 2014 0

I’m pretty sure of most of these thoughts below. In other words, I think that I think the following . . . I don’t like sweet potatoes.  But I love sweet potato fries and sweet potato chips.  Do I need therapy? When clergy post opinions on celebrity deaths, they are only asking for trouble. If Read the full article…

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What Keeps Me Going This Week
August 13, 2014 0

These are just a few of the more than 1,000 Trending Prayer Pledge cards we received on Sunday: Knowing that all those people are following their periods of high activity with periods of rest at their Master’s feet fills me with encouragement, peacefulness, and, most of all, optimism. Why optimism?  Because I know that at Read the full article…

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Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Good Shepherd Sermon Bumpers
August 12, 2014 1

This is a Top Five list I can do about something at Good Shepherd because I actually have very little to do with it. Sermon bumpers. You know, the one-minute (or so) video that tells the story of the current series in a compelling way while also allowing me to roll my preaching “table” to Read the full article…

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#HidingPlace — A Sermon Where John Irving Meets Psalm 32
August 11, 2014 0

A couple of years ago, I read John Irving’s novel The Cider House Rules.  In it, Irving’s narrator describes one of the main characters, Dr. Wilbur Larch, as someone “who occupied his emotions with a task.” I found that to be a profound thought, so I wrote it down, put it in one of my Read the full article…

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Trending Launch — #HidingPlace
August 8, 2014 0

In the world of social media in general and Twitter in particular, there are few more coveted places to be than Trending. If you, your company, your product, or your hashtag are currently trending, it means a lot of people are talking about you at the same time.  You’ve got momentum. But what is trending Read the full article…

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