On our first night in Phnom Penh, we had a dinner with about 15 United Methodist pastors and young adult leader. I sat down next to a very nice young woman who introduced herself to me. Turns out she is the president of United Methodist Youth in Cambodia. That’s a volunteer role. Then she told Read the full article…
Yesterday, I posted that my colleagues and I were on our way to Phnom Penh, Cambodia and ultimately to the state of Orissa in India. So why would we want to travel such great distances to spend 12 days in cultures that are so unfamiliar? Turns out there are at least five answers to that Read the full article…
As you read this, I am somewhere over the Pacific Ocean, travelling with these three friends of mine. From the left, it’s Mike Dey, Ron Dozier, Brian Braunschweiger, and well, you know. All of us are part of the Good Shepherd family. We are flying into Phnom Penh, Cambodia, which will be our base of Read the full article…
Can a pastor really say something like “forget about God’s will for your life!” and still be a Christian? I think so. And I love the reasons why. Come this Sunday and you’ll find out. And then to reinforce that message, we have a beautiful event planned for Sunday evening at 5 p.m.: the Reading Read the full article…
Yesterday, I took the staff on a field trip to the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in center city Charlotte. It’s a spectacular place. We joked that we were going “uptown and high brow.” So we did. We also had a charming “docent” — which is a cool name for a tour guide — who Read the full article…
