So we wrapped up Oddballs yesterday. The series built to the point where we invited the people of the church to make their 2009 Estimates Of Giving — a financial pledge, to use an older phrase. Giving to God is the sort of thing that oddballs do while the rest of the world looks on Read the full article…
Each Thursday morning this fall, I teach a class called Invitation To Genesis to fifteen or so very animated people from Good Shepherd. I taught this kind of class religiously in my early years at Good Shepherd. But for the last three years — citing “scheduling conflicts” or “I’m too busy” — I have not Read the full article…
I got home last night and the cable was out. And it’s not an area-wide outage, which means crews couldn’t fix the problem last night; they’ll have to stop by some time today. But what did that mean for last night? No TV. No computer. No internet access. It’s all tied in to that cable. Read the full article…
One more post about this past Sunday. I woke up sick on Sunday morning. Not real sick, just enough to know that I was going to get a cold or sinus infection or something that could interfere with my energy level or the strength of my voice. I told a couple of guys early on Read the full article…
Yesterday, the one point in my sermon ran counter to the understanding most people bring to church and bring to money. I told the church to “Love your money MORE.” Of course, this seemed to go against what even casual observers of Christianity know that the bible says in I Timothy 6:10: “for the love Read the full article…
