The ministry in India didn’t stop just because Chris Thayer, James-Michael Smith, and I came back home. In fact, you could say it’s advancing better than ever. Our partners in the Love Your Neighbor Ministry, located in the territory where Christians have been murdered by Hindu extremists, recently held their annual spring meeting. Seven thousand Read the full article…
I’ve been to some pretty nice sporting events in my time. I’ve been to the U.S. Open tennis tournament (of course). I’ve been to the Cotton Bowl. I’ve been to the Charlotte Coliseum and then when it became “out of date” at the tender age of 14, I went to Time Warner Arena. I’ve been Read the full article…
We showed this as a lead in to yesterday’s sermon:: The piece was conceived, written, art-directed, and recorded by people from within the Good Shepherd community. It helped reinforce the message’s main idea: What you hide in order to have will haunt you. I suspect that some of you have beeen splattered upon … and Read the full article…
Missional thinking is the latest “must do” in the world of the church. What is missional thinking? In simplest terms, it changes the way we measure success in the church — moving away from “how many people attend and how much money do they give?” and moving towards “how many people are we sending into Read the full article…
While I was delivering a sermon a couple of weeks ago, I had a sudden flashback to what one of my seminary professors said in 1988: “A pastor one who cares for souls. Never lose sight of the fact that God has entrusted everlasting souls into your ministry.” One who cares for souls. Not “one Read the full article…
