Earlier this week, a Good Shepherd mom sent me this composition written by her eight-year-old daughter. The little girl has been playing guitar since the age of four and something at church prompted her to begin writing her own stuff. The name of the song is “His Name Is God.” Yes it is.
Earlier this week, someone asked me if I’d grown up in Union County, North Carolina. The person assumed that since I served as a pastor there for nine years, then I must have been raised there as well. Well, no. Instead, I grew up in Dallas, Texas. Here’s what it looked like when I was Read the full article…
The sermon was a lot of fun yesterday. Now: I didn’t think it would be that much fun. But people laughed — hard — at some unexpected places, we had some visuals that enhanced the verbals, and the message dealt with an issue people truly needed to process: what do you do when you believe Read the full article…
Theophany. Hilarity. Patriarchy. Incredulity. Don’t worry. I won’t preach all those big words this Sunday. But they are all more-than-present in the story we’ll look at from Genesis 18. The story is woven deeply into the fabric of our Judeo-Christian story and it speaks directly to any of us who find it easy to believe Read the full article…
This may sound odd from a preacher who just led a church through a series called Defining Moments, but here goes: some people need fewer “moments” and more “momentum.” See, a lot of folks wait for, long for, yearn for God to change their lives in an instant: a divine ZAP! that saves souls, heals Read the full article…
