On occasion, I give phone calls to people I haven’t seen around church in awhile. My responses to their reponses have me a bit conflicted. If they respond to my “hey, I’ve missed seeing you and want to make sure everything is OK” with “oh, sorry, I’ve just gotten out of the routine of coming Read the full article…
Yesterday, a number of us from staff drove up to Myers Park United Methodist Church to hear a presentation by Ben Witherington, a Professor of New Testament at Asbury Seminary. Dr. Witherington is the most widely published and well known member of the Asbury faculty. Some of his more influential books include commentaries on Revelation, Read the full article…
A lot of you know that my wife Julie has a good job in the medical field. She travels, she sells, she manages, and she motivates. And yet when she’s home she cooks. Very well. These days, just for the two of us. So here are my Top Five Dinners. If you are reading this Read the full article…
Yesterday we concluded the sermon with one sentence testimonies by seven different people from the Good Shepherd community, each of whom is in the process of being “delivered” from the Pharaoh that has plagued their lives. But that wasn’t the best part. The best part was when each of those who had given their testimonies Read the full article…
The Book Of Exodus. It’s the ancient story of some very modern battles: between God and the idols; between the powerful and the powerless; between faith and doubt; between captivity and freedom. But ultimately it is the story of a people who are delivered . . . from slavery, from idolatry, and even from themselves. Read the full article…
