United Methodist Churches rarely do series on what’s called worldview.  We tend to leave those to the independents, the non-denominationals, the evangelicals. Yet that is what BrainWashing is — a series focusing on the grid through which we look at the world and its values.  Not so much what we think, but how we think. Read the full article…

  Guess what? I have loved the Brainwashing series. The people of Good Shepherd have been attentive, I have been energized, and I am seeing how people really are looking at the world through a new, Gospel-centered, grid. Sunday will have more of the same. Our worship arts are going to be especially inventive. And Read the full article…

In reading through the letters of Paul and Peter, I continue to be surprised by his emphasis on one of the least glamorous aspects of the Christian life: self-control. For example . . . ” … so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control” (I Corinthians 7:5) “But the fruit Read the full article…

  Next week, about 2,500 United Methodists from all across the western part of our state with gather in Lake Junaluska for the Western North Carolina Annual Conference meeting. And, thanks to one of my favorite people, Good Shepherd will be well represented. James-Michael Smith, aka “the Discpleship Dojo,”  will give the keynote address at Read the full article…

So what in the world was happening thirty-one years ago today?   1.  The Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers were in the middle of one of the most celebrated and acrimonious NBA Championship series ever.  Boston’s signature play was Kevin McHale’s clothesline tackle of Kurt Rambis, and the Celtics went on to win in seven brutal games. Read the full article…