I was speaking with a good friend awhile back about the difference between exhortational preaching and evocative preaching. Exhortational preaching challenges. Urges. Implores. It is filled with phrases like “you should” and “we ought” and “do this” and “consider that.” It challenges people to change beliefs and behaviors based on the propositions included in the Read the full article…
I had dinner last night with six friends from Good Shepherd: Seated: Chris Myers, Jason Handschumacher, and Erica Handschumacher. Standing: Me, Nicole Jones, Michelle Scullock, and Mike Thompson. Most of the group had not met one another before we gathered for dinner at a local eatery. However, they share something in common aside from the Read the full article…
I spent much of last week at the 2014 Western North Carolina Annual Conference Meeting of the United Methodist Church in scenic Lake Junaluska, NC. It’s a yearly event — think maybe that’s why they call it the Annual Conference? — that gathers about 2000 preachers and lay people from the 1100 churches across the Read the full article…
Yesterday’s third sermon in the “Head Scratchers” series was a lot of fun. It also served as a reminder of the kind of things we treasure at Good Shepherd. The sermon began, as all of them have in this series, with a innovative way to do the Scripture reading. I have loved these videos, all Read the full article…
Here’s the rock in Caesarea Philippi in front of which Jesus uttered the words: You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my church and the gates of Hades shall not overcome it.So what’s all that about? Peter, a rock, a cave. gates, or Hades? Yes. And what does all that have to do with Read the full article…
