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Good Shepherd
Still, Week 2
July 24, 2009 1

So this week, our Still series moves to verse 2 of Psalm 23: He maketh me lie down in green pastures, he leadeth me beside still waters. Doesn’t that sound nice? Doesn’t that look nice? This Sunday, Good Shepherd will experience how it happens. Still, Week 2. 8:30. 10:00. 11:30.

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Methodism
ReThinking Seminary?
July 23, 2009 10

Below is the recently adopted “Statement Of Mission, Vision, and Values” for The School Of Theology At Claremont, one of the 13 official United Methodist-related seminaries in the U.S.: STATEMENT OF MISSION, VISION AND VALUES At its March 2008 meeting, the Board of Trustees set in motion the Claremont University Project. This statement of Mission, Read the full article…

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Leadership
Activity & Progress
July 22, 2009 0

A lot of people in leadership mistake activity for progress. I know this because I’ve done this. Back in the day, for example, I wanted the church bulletin to be as full as possible. I wanted it to be loaded with information and to feature a calendar that was stocked with events. In my way Read the full article…

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Personal
40 Years Ago Today
July 20, 2009 2

On July 20, 1969, I was seven years old and watched the moon landing and moon walk at my Aunt Florence’s house in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. What do I remember? Flying from Dallas to Fort Lauderdale with my mother on an Eastern Air Lines flight and eating a corned beef sandwich en route. First one Read the full article…

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Good Shepherd
Still Launch
July 17, 2009 1

How do you “launch” something that emphasizes being “still”? Here’s how: This series will be a departure for us. But it’s a depature we must take. Four weeks on the 23rd Psalm. And I believe God will be in it, just as he is in those words: The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not Read the full article…

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