I’ve been to reasonable number of concerts in my life. Since my very first — when I was 15 a friend and I drove (well, he drove because he was 16) from Dallas to Fort Worth and saw the Eagles on their Hotel California tour — I’ve seen one or two concerts a year. There Read the full article…

We concluded the On The Up And Up series with an old-fashioned yet new-fangled invitation to faith. Psalm 130:3 asks plaintively: If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, who could stand? The answer to the question on the literal level is, of course, no one. And yet simply by asking the question, and then Read the full article…

You know all those records that will never be broken, right? Joe DiMaggio hitting in 56 straight games; John Isner and Nicolas Mahut going to 70-68 in the fifth set; UCLA’s seven straight NCAA basketball championships; Pete Maravich averaging 44 points per game in college; Jerry Rice’s 1,549 career receptions.   Well, I remind you Read the full article…

On Wednesday, I had lunch with a new Good Shepherd friend who grew up in Angola. My friend connected with Good Shepherd about ten months ago and has been a faithful attender ever since.  His young adult daughters are some of the best volunteers we have in our K-Zone children’s ministry as well. Here are Read the full article…

    Here we are during a recent beach trip. From left: Riley, 22, assigned to serve with Campus Crusade for Christ at the University Of Tennessee beginning later this fall; Taylor, 25, working in corporate communications in Atlanta; Julie, a Senior Vice President with BSN Medical; Me, beginning my 17th year as pastor of Read the full article…