This is my friend Sammy Gonzalez. He is Good Shepherd’s new Intern Espanol. For several years, we have had a fledgling ministry with our Spanish speaking friends and neighbors. The ministry has centered around English As A Second Language classes (ESL), simultaneous translation of the sermon during the 11:30 service (via headphones, like the UN), Read the full article…
Most Saturdays when I was a small child, I would go shopping with my mom at the Safeway Grocery Store in the Snider Plaza shopping center near our home in Dallas, Texas. And every time we’d go, I would ask her the same question as we neared the end of our trip: “Can I have Read the full article…
A couple of weeks ago, I posted on five things you shouldn’t say to people going through the initial and even enduring stages of grief. Someone wisely commented with a request: then what should you say? So here goes: 1. The name. We sometimes worry that hearing or speaking the name of the one who Read the full article…
Many times, you can learn as much from what a passage of Scripture doesn’t say as from what it does. For example, yesterday Chris Macedo and I led a teaching & worship experience in which we explored Psalm 147:1 — Praise the Lord. how good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant Read the full article…
Why do we do this? I’m not asking about the band or the instruments or the visuals. My question is much more basic than that. Why do we sing together as part of Sunday morning worship? Would it make a difference if we didn’t? We’ll tackle those questions on Sunday morning. I believe it will Read the full article…
