I experienced three different altar calls this past weekend, each of which took place in very different surroundings with varying degrees of impact. For those of you not familiar with the tradition, an altar call is a distinctively evangelical and predominantly Southern custom in which a church or preacher issues an invitation for congregants to Read the full article…
Two things have me eager for this weekend: 1. On Saturday, I have the privilege of leading a seminar in a ministry class at Gordon-Conwell Seminary on funeral ministries. I’m helping my friend Steve Klipowicz by teaching 23 young pastors and pastors-in-training on leading funerals that heal and delivering eulogies that comfort. As a lot Read the full article…
My cyber friend John Meunier has a interesting post on house to house visitation on the part of pastors. The timing was ideal. Just last evening, I went “blessing houses” with another preacher friend — this one from Huntersville and he’s a man I’ve met him in person rather than just through theological cyberspace. I Read the full article…
As a lot of you know, my son Riley recently finished his senior season with the Charlotte Christian School football team. The team did well, making the playoffs and losing to the eventual state champion. For me and Julie, Friday nights this fall were full of excitement, pride, and new friends among the parents of Read the full article…
This blog title is a bit presumptuous as it suggests I’ve got it all figured out. Well, I don’t. Yet for a variety of reasons, Good Shepherd has long had financial health as a church. In the worst of the recent recession, for example, we had our best of years in terms of giving and Read the full article…
