. . . but a Good Shepherd friend sent me this via email earlier this week:   And what is that? The song list for his memorial service. Now: my friend is young (well, younger than 54), in good health, and has neither chronic nor critical illness. Yet he’s thinking ahead to what his farewell Read the full article…

There is a certain, seismic cultural shift every February that lets you know football season is over.  Done.  Finis.  No mas. And our culture gives you a number of clues that this is in fact the case. Here are five:   1.  Ice skating is on weekend television.  They don’t put Jason Brown up against Read the full article…

The second of the “Three Weeks Of Love” sermon exegeted culture more than Scripture. I don’t do this often, but when I do it has to do with an significant life issue.  In this case, the question so many people ask — whether single, single again, or even those who are married but unhappy — Read the full article…

Oh, we ask that question, don’t we? From middle school into adulthood, from innocent crushes to questionable relationships, we wonder:  “is it love?  If it IS love, am I even in it?  How do I know if I’m really in love and not just in ‘like’ or in ‘lust’?” And . . . is that Read the full article…

As a kid, I was fascinated with how scoreboards worked … their size, the amount of information they included, and even whether or not they had a digital clock or an old school time dial. So maybe it’s no surprise that more times than I care to admit I see ministry through the lens of Read the full article…