I usually post these videos on the Friday before a series launch, but this one couldn’t wait. Here’s the promo for our new series, The Office: We have several ways we are getting the conversation going when it comes to this series: 1. A special interactive website: http://www.myworksecrets.com/2. Teaser billboards throughout our community that invite Read the full article…
Disruption has been a departure for us at Good Shepherd. Normally, the series we do after Easter have been . . . gentle. Horizontal. Focused on relationships, based on human interest. The services in Disruption have been more “in your face.” Inviting people to consider seriously the direction of their lives in comparison to the Read the full article…
Warning: Salty Language Below. This week, I heard about a bumper sticker making the rounds in New York City: The Truth Will Set You Free. But First It Will Piss You Off. I find that painfully true. I find it theologically true. It’s why in Luke 3, John the Baptitst declares to his audience: “You Read the full article…
My mom had an eclectic collection of wisdom that she tried to pass on to me as I was growing up. I’ve collected some of the most salient ones. I’ll leave it to you to decide which ones I followed her on . . . or not. 1. Don’t chew gum in public.2. Vote Democratic.3. Read the full article…
Yesterday, as I was sitting in a seminar for 25 pastors from the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, the following question popped into my head: is a church gathering for therapy or for doxology?In other words, is the purpose of preaching and worship to help bring healing to the deepest wounds Read the full article…
