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Voices Carry
May 28, 2009 4

Not too long ago, Rolling Stone magazine had a cover story on the “100 Greatest Singers Of All Time.” I won’t get near to one hundred, but I thought I’d share some of my favorite voices of all time. And all these below are in addition to four of my favorite, those voices that belong Read the full article…

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Why These People Are Smiling
May 27, 2009 1

From the left, that’s Heidi Starnes, the Chair of our Church Council, Don Ligon, the Vice Chair of the Council, Carol Hardison, the Executive Director of Crisis Assistance Ministries, Ron Dozier, our Pastor of Missions & Community Impact, and me. So why are we all smiling? Well, the Good Shepherd people are smiling because it Read the full article…

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Corner Campus
May 26, 2009 1

Driving down South Tryon Street, some of you might have seen this banner high up on what used to be a Hollywood Video store. And now that space is our Corner Campus. We’re going to be able to upfit it nicely, and transform an abandoned DVD rental unit into a sacred youth space. Why? Because Read the full article…

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Healer
May 22, 2009 2

So Without Limit 2.0 comes to a close this Sunday. We’ll look at healing. An expression of the Holy Spirit that has been abused, mis-used, hi-jacked for profit. An expression of the Holy Spirit that is a source of confidence and hope for scores of people. Two things at the same time. We’ll get to Read the full article…

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Pastoring; Leadership
And One More . . .
May 21, 2009 2

This one is a bit more uplifing than the last two days, even if it comes in a somber context . . . But it’s this. People who are in grief want to talk about the person who has died. The want to speak the person’s name. They want to share memories. They want to Read the full article…

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