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Storm Chasers & Church Calendars
July 15, 2013 2

Here’s an insight into sermon preparation and the church calendar. Yesterday’s message — Storm Chasers — was actually the first one in the series that I wrote and yet it became the second one that I delivered. Why? Because when I wrote it, I really liked it.  (I may be guilty of the sin of Read the full article…

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The Storm Before The Calm, Week 2 — Storm Chasers
July 12, 2013 0

The Discover Channel recently made this video in memory of three veteran storm chasers who lost their lives in pursuit of an F-5 in Oklahoma: Storm chasing is dangerous.  Even deadly. Come see what that has to do with our lives as we move to week two of The Storm Before The Calm. Sunday. 8:30.  Read the full article…

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Did You Know . . . ?
July 11, 2013 2

Did you know . . . . . . . that if you bag the grass you cut, and you mow your lawn on Friday but the city doesn’t pick up the trash & grass until the next Thursday, and it rains almost every day your bagged grass sits beside the garage, that the cut Read the full article…

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What Presidential Speechwriting Taught Me About Congregational Preaching
July 10, 2013 1

As you can see in the Books I Like  section, I am currently reading White House Ghosts, a detailed history of presidential speechwriters from 1932 to 2008 . . . or, to use initials, from FDR to W. When I first saw the title at a used book store, I realized, “I give ‘speeches’; I Read the full article…

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Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Churches In This Region I’d Go To If I Didn’t Work At Another One
July 9, 2013 3

In November of last year while on a Sunday off that I actually spent in town, I attended worship services at two other churches in our area.  I posted some observations and reflections on that day here. Which gets me to thinking:  if I didn’t work at Good Shepherd, what church in the greater Charlotte Read the full article…

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