Not long ago, I received an email from someone who attended Good Shepherd for a season and then had to move to another part of the country. Anyway, part of his email said that he and his family still remember and use the phrase “forgiveness is learned, so teach it well.” It’s a phrase I Read the full article…

If you know me at all, you know I like my routines. Actually, I love them. Honestly, I live by them. And so in the middle of all that, there are five things above all others that I just never get tired of.  Here they are:   1.Listening to Don Henley’s The Boys Of Summer, Read the full article…

How to make a sermon on fasting interesting?  Or relevant?  Or fun? Well, I’m not sure I accomplished any of the above, but I did make it practical.  We distributed a very clear Call To Action at the conclusion:  a church-wide fast on Monday, February 6, complete with instructions on how to fast and what Read the full article…

It’s Super Bowl Sunday. It’s Scouting For Food Sunday. ( See below.) And yet it’s the Sunday we wind up Creatures Of Habit with a message called “The Not Eating Habit”? What in the world is that about? Sunday. 8:30, 10, 11:30 on Moss Road. 10, 11:30 on Zoar Road. 11:30 Latino.   As you Read the full article…

When I am walking in the flesh — meaning, not rigorously & consistently connected to the Holy Spirit — I can fall into a trap. The trap that says all my thoughts needs to be verbalized. As if I’ll lose it if I don’t say it. Sarcastic thoughts. Condescending thoughts. Gloating thoughts. Prideful thoughts. Even Read the full article…