As 2021 draws to a close, I want to sincerely thank you and your church for its gifts through the Cooperative Program this year. I believe there truly is no better investment of your church’s mission giving than the Cooperative Program. I couldn’t begin to list all the mission and ministry that your church, along […]
Christmas conversations
In this heavily commercialized time of year, advertisements constantly call for our attention, from Halloween to Thanksgiving and on through Christmas. There’s always something to sell, it seems, whether candy and costumes, turkey and travel, or presents and poinsettias. One major retailer’s Christmas television commercial has especially caught my eye this season. It doesn’t feature […]
What is your Church’s Next Step?
One of our chapel speakers reflected on an observation from one of his seminary professors that has stuck with him for years. That professor noted that every psalm basically describes one of three human experiences: surviving, reviving, or thriving. When he’s barely surviving, the psalmist openly expresses his desperation. When reviving, he speaks of pain, […]
Surviving, reviving, thriving
This past summer, our weekly chapel times at IBSA were devoted to a series titled “Summer in the Psalms.” This book of songs and poetry, of course, gives expression to a wide range of emotions, from the lows of our woes to the heights of our worship. In doing so, it reassures us that God […]
Our home, our mission
Since April, the eyes of the world have been on Afghanistan, watching to see if the withdrawal of U.S. troops announced then would result in lingering stability, or in chaos and violence from a newly emboldened Taliban. And while things appeared stable for a while, as the September target for withdrawal approached, the Taliban quickly […]
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