This closing video is one reason I was so excited about yesterday’s worship experience at Good Shepherd: My prayer is that the video and the sermon from John 4:4-26 that preceded it achieved a balance between the exclusivity of Jesus’ Lordship and the inclusivity of his love. Everyone in the video comes from the Good Read the full article…
Is it wrong to be more excited about a sermon for the Sunday after Easter than the one given on Easter? I hope not. Because I am. Not that I wasn’t excited about Easter’s message. I was. It’s just that I love what’s going to happen this coming Sunday. I believe it’s one of Jesus’ Read the full article…
Unsigned notes. Anonymous letters. Correspondence signed simply, “concerned.” All preachers have received them. I’ve had a handful through the years. And believe me, they are never notes of encouragement. What are they then? Honest attempts at constructive criticism? Perhaps. Latent passive-aggression? Probably. Signs of cowardice? Possibly. One thing they are not: helpful. Most of us Read the full article…
So this week I’m helping out John Pavlovitz, Amie Berryhill and the rest of the Student Ministry Team with Spring Breakthrough 2010.What is it? Pretty incredible, actually. It’s 100 students from Charlotte, Fort Mill, and Lake Wylie spending their spring break in a most unconventional manner: serving people in need. Instead of a trip to Read the full article…
We’re doing something different this year at Easter. This time, we’re starting a new message series on Resurrection Sunday. (Usually, Easter is the culmination of a sermon series and we use that Sunday in part to promote the next collection of messages.) But this year, Easter Sunday is the jumping off point for a four-Sunday Read the full article…
