While most Methodist churches refrain from all kinds of clapping — either the rhythmic kind during a praise song or the appreciative kind during a sermon — Good Shepherd has always been one of the exceptions. We clap during most songs on most Sundays. We even clapped during a version of “Angels We Have Read the full article…
Well, it is just around the corner, you know. So here are my five favorite Christmas songs from the sacred genre. Which cuts out offerings by Burl Ives, Bruce Springsteen, and John Lennon. 5. God Rest You Merry Gentlemen. I don’t really like this one all that much, but while in seminary I took voice Read the full article…
Yesterday our student ministries pastor, John Pavlovitz, delivered the sermon at the 8:30, 10, and 11:30 services. Why? Well, he’s a really good preacher. But there was another reason: because I spent the 11:30 hour in our Corner Campus preaching a sermon to our new Latino worship community. And the sermon was all in Spanish. Read the full article…
This week’s Lake Wylie Pilot ran a nice feature on Good Shepherd. You can read it here and find out what happened, what’s happening, and what’s fixin’ to happen.
Yesterday I posted on a new understanding I’ve gained on Paul’s much debated conclusion in Romans 11:26 that “all Israel will be saved.” And those words are really but a prelude to the doxology of Romans 11:33-36: 33 Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and[a] knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing Read the full article…
