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Thank You Jars Of Clay . . .
September 4, 2013 2

. . . for getting it just right.  Again. Here’s Inland, the latest single from the album of the same name: Don’t be surprised if you hear this one at church sometime in the near future.

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Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Preaching Rituals, Routines, And Habits
September 3, 2013 2

Given that this is US Open time of year, last week’s Charlotte Observer ran a story about the rather unusual — OK, bizarre — routines, habits, and superstitions that pro tennis players bring to their games. For example, Andre Agassi went commando in his first match at the 1999 French Open . . . and Read the full article…

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Home Based Experience
August 30, 2013 0

For the second time ever, I’m using this space to remind not to come to church on Sunday. The church is going home.  Again. It’s the ultimate in multi-site worship — every household in our church will host its own worship experience with parents, step-parents, and grandparents assuming their rightful place as spiritual influencers over Read the full article…

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Biblical Wisdom At 9,200 Feet
August 29, 2013 0

I’m spending several days this week up in Keystone, Colorado (elevation 9,200 feet), at the annual gathering of what we in Methodism called The Leading Edge:  the pastors of the 100 highest attended churches in the denomination. (Of those 100 churches, Good Shepherd’s attendance of 1800 per Sunday put it somewhere in the 50s.) Anyway, Read the full article…

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A Good Shepherd Alternative To Toxic Charity
August 28, 2013 0

By now many of you have read or at least heard of Toxic Charity, Robert Lupton’s tour de force on how churches and charities actually hurt the ones they most desire to help. You can read up on the book and the movement it is inspiring here. Well, a pair of highly committed, high impact Read the full article…

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