Last night, at Good Shepherd’s Annual Soccer Clinic at the Twin Lakes neighborhood . . . . . . I spoke to a member of the GSUMC family from Romania . . . . . . who joined a team of Anglos, African-Americans, and Latinos in delivering a futbol clinic . . . . . Read the full article…

While trying to help someone navigate some particularly difficult terrain in life this week, the following truth occurred to me: Provision follows obedience. The provision of God generally follows obedience to God. Usually, we want it to happen the other way around. Lord, once I get this money/blessing/relationship/health, then I’ll start obeying you completely. I Read the full article…

I spent last week in Wilkes County, North Carolina, part of Good Shepherd’s student mission team with the Carolina Cross Connection. CCC is a United Methodist-inspired mission organization that has this rather glorious mission statement: Carolina Cross Connection (CCC) is a Christian youth mission helping students and adults make a difference with people in need while Read the full article…

Yesterday Chris Thayer and I traded places. Meaning: he was the “live” preacher at 8:30, 10, and 11:30 on Moss Road while I was the “host” pastor at the Zoar Road Campus. It was a chance for me to meet a good number of people who had previously only known me in two dimensions — Read the full article…

When I am walking in the flesh — meaning, not rigorously & consistently connected to the Holy Spirit — I can fall into a trap. The trap that says all my thoughts needs to be verbalized. As if I’ll lose it if I don’t say it. Sarcastic thoughts. Condescending thoughts. Gloating thoughts. Prideful thoughts. Even Read the full article…