Someone who doesn’t attend Good Shepherd said this to me recently: “You’ve got to believe in the guy preaching before you can believe in the God the guy talks about.” Interesting. Before a preacher has any credibility on his subject, he has to have credibility in his person. Is that true? Probably. Yet it goes Read the full article…
If you missed it live, you can watch Rick Warren’s prayer at President Obama’s inauguration here. As with any prayer at a civic function, I got a bit nervous towards the end. Is he going to pray in Jesus’ name? Will he be polarizing or compromising? I think he resolved it brilliantly. He personalized it Read the full article…
One day last week, Good Shepherd hosted a gathering from the Mosaix Network, which is a nation-wide ministry of like-minded pastors and church leaders. What is the subject on which all these people are like-minded? Building and growing multi-cultural churches. At Good Shepherd, we call it going full color — people from every race and Read the full article…
Last Sunday (January 11) was one of the most powerful worship experiences we’ve ever had at Good Shepherd. The title was “Secret Pain” and we dealt with issues of abuse, incest, and trauma, all based on the Tamar-Amnon-Absalom story from 2 Samuel 13. The message was frank and direct. You can listen to it here. Read the full article…
Bruce Springsteen says it this way in the song “Used Cars” from the Nebraska album: Now, the neighbors come from near and far As we pull up in our brand new used car I’ve always loved that line: our brand new used car. And now we’ve got one. My son Riley was hit in the Read the full article…
