Oh, what a weekend. We had faux snow in south Charlotte (the real thing hit north Charlotte) and so we spent much of Saturday deciding whether or not to have church. We ultimately decided, yes, normal schedule AND we’re going to start the series “Creatures of Habit” as planned. I’m glad we did.  The decision Read the full article…

Church meetings are legendary, aren’t they? And not in the way, say, Michael Jordan is legendary in basketball. Or Joe Montana in football. Or even Roger Federer in tennis. No, church meetings are legendary for the bloodshed — real and imagined — that they involve. Whether it’s a contentious assembly of a church board or Read the full article…

I was really excited when these arrived at the Good Shepherd office yesterday.   What are they? Creatures Of Habit Devotional Guides. In English and Spanish. Written by the people of Good Shepherd, these guides are designed to resource and empower the very habits we are teaching about through the series.  We had similar projects Read the full article…

Normally when a pastor says that he has something to confess, the people of the church think, “who’s involved and how long has it been going on?” Well, thankfully, this is nothing like that. However, for this Tuesday’s Top Five, I want to lean toward the transparent and offer you a series of seemingly unrelated Read the full article…

The calendar threw a curveball at pastors this year by making both Christmas and New Year’s fall on a Sunday. So we obviously could not use the first Sunday of 2017 to start a new series, as you want to do that on a high attendance Sunday. Instead, I decided to continue God Drops into Read the full article…