One of my earliest memories — say from when I was four or five years old — is the awareness that I have a very unusual first name. And early on, I didn’t like it. First, it was easy to make all kinds of vaguely insulting nicknames out of it.  TalBUTT was the name of choice Read the full article…

Over the last few weeks, I’ve bought two CDs. The first one was the new release by Mumford & Sons, surely one of the few rock acts ever to use banjo, fiddle, and stand up bass and still look cool. The second purchase was of a new CD by Band Of Horses, a modern band Read the full article…

It’s a new look at an old story. And it comes from looking at what the story doesn’t say. That’s right: we’re going to learn what a bible passage teaches by studying what it omits. It’s one of my favorite ways of looking at Scripture. And one of my favorite messages to give. So before Read the full article…

Earlier this week, about 80 people from Good Shepherd gathered together the reflect, to pray, and to dream into the next season of the church’s life. We’re calling it Dream-A-Palooza, and we’re asking for folks to devote three consecutive Monday night to help us envision where God is leading us as a community. So people Read the full article…