So yesterday’s service concluded with something we’ve never done before as we invited people to respond to the sermon by purchasing a book we made available in the lobby. Here’s the background. The message came from Acts 11:19-26, a little story from the early years of the church in which nothing much appears to happen. Read the full article…
Down To Earth moves to its second week with a message I simply can’t wait to deliver: Steady As She Goes. Check out Acts 11:19-26 and figure out if you can see why I’m so excited . . . and what in the world the Holy Spirit has to do with that little story in Read the full article…
I was planning on posting on the subject you’ll read below when an email came in that served as confirmation of the topic. Here’s a portion of that email, the subject of which was a different sort of feeling in the recent worship gatherings at Good Shepherd: I can tell that more room is being Read the full article…
. . . you let people know about it. James-Michael Smith, who served as our Discipleship Pastor from 2004-2009 and remains a vital part of the church, has just published a monograph called Cleansed And Abiding. It’s a fresh look at an old subject by a young theologian. You see, James-Michael writes about holiness., that Read the full article…
I’m spending the early part of this week in Lake Junaluska, surrounded not only by the Western North Carolina mountains, but also by 25 fellow clergy who are part of they Reynolds Leadership Program. (It was at one of these events in 2010 that I realized we had to devote Christmas that year to What Read the full article…
