Search Team Survey
Good Shepherd, The search team highly values the input of ALL (Youth group included) of our members and future members. We need your input as we continue to search for the man who will lead Good Shepherd in accomplishing our mission of reaching Marion county with the Gospel. Please prayerfully consider the questions in the […]
Good Shepherd, The search team highly values the input of ALL (Youth group included) of our members and future members. We need your input as we continue to search for the man who will lead Good Shepherd in accomplishing our mission of reaching Marion county with the Gospel. Please prayerfully consider the questions […]
Sermon Reflection 1/26
“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.” Ephesians 6:10 My mind often struggles to quantify the magnitude and might of God. When I was younger, God was a bigger version of my dad. He was funny and kind and loved people well and enjoyed being a part of […]
Sermon Reflection 12/15
“Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you: he is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2:11 Have you ever received a gift you were not expecting? Too often in our culture we become expectant of gifts and generosity, so when we receive a gift on Christmas or a birthday, we […]
Sermon Reflection 12/1
“The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.” Isaiah 9:2 I love nostalgia. My favorite holiday activities include reminiscing over old movies and pictures and dusting off old decorations that remind me of childhood wonder. My delight […]
Sermon Reflection 10/27
“In your anger do not sin. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.” Ephesians 4:26-27 How do you react when things do not go your way? What do you run to when you’ve had a bad day? When you face hardship, […]
Sermon Reflection 9/15
“But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions- it is by grace you have been saved.” Ephesians 2:4-5 Ephesians 2 is by far my favorite passage of scripture of all time. Ephesians 2:10 was my senior verse […]
Sermon Reflection 9/1
“And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit.” Ephesians 1:13 Do you remember what it felt like to be included as a kid? Do you remember picking teams […]
Sermon Reflection 8/25
For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever. He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD. His heart is steady; he will not be afraid, until he looks in triumph on his adversaries. Psalm 112:6-8 I will never forget being home one summer and […]
Sermon for June 10, 2012
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Sermon for September 18, 2011
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Loving the City
“But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.” — Jeremiah 29:7 When I found out I was moving to Ocala, it felt like exile compared to Brooklyn. According to my plans, I […]
Sermon for September 11, 2011
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What I Meant to Say – February 17, 2010
What a great week for, “What I meant to say…” No one foibles like I! If you missed last week’s sermon, you may have heard that I represented a great sermon very poorly by reducing an idea full of beauty and passion to a bad bumper sticker saying. I am sorry that I used such […]
Conversation from January 13th
Be imitators of God… What does it mean to be an imitator of God? In our use of language an imitator is not the real thing. But we have already heard how the person who is united to Christ is transformed. Every person who enters into a relationship is transformed. Christians, every Christian, is made […]
Coversation from January 11th
Testimony – When I began to consider my anger, I entered the conversation with a fair degree of confidence. I don’t get angry. My parents weren’t “inhibited” people. But people always say they must have been when I offer, “I never heard my father raise his voice… ever. I’ve never heard my mother yell.” My […]
Conversation for January 8th
Resources Thank you to so many of you who have been reading. My hope is that a snippet a day may grow our conversation around a weekly topic. It won’t always be particularly relevant to you, but I mean to invite each person with a particular need into more focused consideration. Yesterday I included several typos. Did […]
Coversation from January 6th
Where does anger fit in the narrative of your life? I would like to invite you to reflect on the story of your life. I hope to build a culture of internal conversation between you and your Heavenly Father around the topics we will confront over the next several Lord’s days. Historically, God’s children have […]