There’s a box of worries in my closet. It’s part of a resolution I made when fears over the continuing pandemic, national unrest, and regular day-to-day concerns crowded in to the point that it was difficult to concentrate on anything else. I decided to put my worries in a box. When one threatened to consume […]
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Wrestling with our identidad
It was the second week into our Hispanic Heritage Month celebration and we were just wrapping up our Spanish-language service. Beyond the canopies and chairs that we set up for our outdoor services, beyond the stage and the Latin American flags hanging against the fence was a familiar face at the entrance of our parking […]
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 […]
The church still matters
I’ve never seen the idea of the church so marginalized in all my lifetime. The secular world mocks the church and the Christian world devalues the church. The local church is seen, even by believers, as unnecessary and antiquated and optional. You can kind of understand the issues perhaps. After all, churches are filled with […]
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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