Julie, Taylor, Riley, and I spent much of the Thanksgiving holiday in the Hill Country of Texas helping the rest of my family celebrate my mother’s 95th birthday. To get an idea of the kind of person she is these days, she recently launched her own website. Here she is basking in the glory of Read the full article…
Something seemingly insignificant made my day yesterday. My message involved an object lesson in which I cracked open a raw egg and let the yolk drop into a bowl. The idea was that the shell is not the substance. The same is true of the church (the shell) and the gospel (the substance). Anyway, given Read the full article…
Many of us have experienced the ways in which church can be an obstacle to faith rather than an empowerer of it. When that happens, is there life after church? Is there faith after church? To enter that conversation, check out Philippians 1:12-18. And then hear for yourself at Good Shepherd this Sunday. 8:30. 10. Read the full article…
I love the last line of the Apostles’ Creed: [. . . I believe] in the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting. Amen.While the Creed may not have the same level of authority as inspired Scripture, it nevertheless represents the best of the collective wisdom of early Christians. And they described our eternal Read the full article…
Thanksgiving Week is also rivalry week in college football. Historically, the best of the conference battles and border wars happen over the next six days: Alabama-Auburn, Texas-Texas A&M, Ohio State-Michigan, and many others. So what are my five favorite through the years? Here goes: 1. Nebraska-Oklahoma, 1971. Though I was only 10, I still vividly Read the full article…
