This message could have been called World Light. Or Strobe Light. Or Real Light. It also could have been subtitled: How to ensure you’re never elected to public office or denominational hierarchy. To see what I mean, read below. It’s a message in which the WHEN and the WHERE has everything to do with the Read the full article…
. . . because it was. This photo was taken for a Good Shepherd Church Pictorial Directory shortly after we moved to Charlotte and I started at Good Shepherd in the summer of 1999. Julie and I are now empty nesters. Our daughter Taylor, 26, works in corporate communications and digital marketing for a health Read the full article…
On Monday night, I headed up to Mooresville, NC (just north of Charlotte) to take part in a LifeGroup meeting connected to West United Methodist Church. Why would I drive an hour to sit in on a bible study associated with another church? Because the group’s curriculum was The Shadow Of A Doubt. So working Read the full article…
I have been leading small group bible studies for years now. And I’ve done it in enough places & with enough people that I know: even the best of groups need good curricula. I currently lead two bible studies — or, what we call LifeGroups at Good Shepherd. Here are five of the best resources Read the full article…
How to do a sermon encouraging people to “read the bible” without giving a trite message encouraging them “read the bible’? Answer: start with a classic of early contemporary Christian music, throw in some obligatory Led Zeppelin and Lynrd Skynrd, tie it all into regret prevention, and then show them how Scripture is both penetratingly Read the full article…
