Ten years after our premarital counseling, the piece of advice that sticks out above the others is a Bible verse. I wish I could report that Paul’s encouragement in Colossians 3:16 to “let the word of Christ dwell richly among you” has seasoned all of my speech for the past decade. I can’t. But we […]
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Two scoops of courage
A friend of mine opened an ice cream shop in May. She dreamed a dream, a big dream, and made it happen during a pandemic. She wrestled with construction, permitting, sourcing, bidding, hiring, marketing, and taste-testing. She cultivated relationships with local officials, churn experts, shop owners, potential staff, and her community. No one told her […]
Enduring value
Each year across our nation various professional associations recognize the top performances or achievements in their respective fields. The two primary peer groups for a Christian newspaper like the Illinois Baptist are the Baptist Communicators Association (BCA) and the Evangelical Press Association (EPA). As their names indicate, one consists of Baptist publications, while the other […]
Raising Generation C
Gen Z is now Gen C. Social scientists are using the term to describe the youngest children who are growing up during the COVID-19 pandemic. Generation C, the thinking goes, will be forever marked because of how the crisis is shaping their formative years. It’s a heavy label with a lot of uncertainty. But as […]
An uncomfortable calling
My wife and I, along with our three boys, moved to Mascoutah in 2014, believing that the Lord had called us to start a church in a small southern Illinois town. I had not been introduced to the process of church planting yet. All I had was a burden for the lost and a yearning […]
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