While in the middle of some leadership development yesterday, our leadership developer gave us this gem: The difference between a proverb and a slogan is that a proverb stays with you all your life. Hmmm. Christianity all too often gets reduced to mere slogans, usually those that fit on a bumper sticker: In case of Read the full article…
This past Sunday, at a relatively obscure professional tournament called the SAP Open in San Jose, I saw the future of tennis and its name is Milos Raonic. Raonic, a 20 year old Canadian of Serbian descent, won his first pro event ever, beating world #9 Fernando Verdasco in the finals 7-6, 7-6. He has Read the full article…
This past week, I had lunch with Kelvin Smith, the pastor of Steele Creek Church Of Charlotte, a large, independent, multi-ethnic, charismatic congregation located about five miles from Good Shepherd. Though we’ve been serving in proximity to each other for the past 12 years, our sit downs have been quite irregular. We knew it was Read the full article…
I believe Good Shepherd is at its best when it soaks up what the Holy Spirit offers. That’s why we are intentional about dedicated seasons of the church’s life to drenching ourselves in study and experience of the Holy Spirit. And this is one of those seasons. Inspired by Francis Chan’s book of the same Read the full article…
One of the dangers of being a long-time Christian is that you begin to think you know what a particular section of the bible is about — since you’ve read it so many times — before you sit down to encounter it once again. Case in point: Romans 6-8. For many years, I’ve been sure Read the full article…
