Shift the focus Question: Our business meetings are unpleasant. Sometimes there’s a squabble, but mostly it’s just a suspicious and doubtful atmosphere. Not much good gets done. Is this a spiritual issue or a leadership issue? Answer: A church’s business meetings should focus on keeping the congregation informed. It should be a time of celebration […]
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Mistaken identity
It may take former Phoenix NBA star Edward Arnett Johnson a long time to get over the worst day of his life. After his NBA career ended, the 6’ 8” basketball player, who is now 47, spent many years serving his community. But in 2006, another former NBA star—6’2”, 51-year-old “Fast Eddie” Johnson—was arrested for […]
Rest and peace
The weeks leading up to and including our IBSA Annual Meeting are probably the busiest and most demanding of the year for me. I’m always relieved when it’s all over, and very ready to head home for some rest and peace. This year, however, I drove directly from that fun and challenging meeting to the […]
What would Lincoln say?
Earlier this month, the calendar passed what would have been my dad’s 88th birthday. Dad died 12 years ago, just one month after I began serving IBSA as executive director. And because he had decades of experience with Illinois churches and with IBSA, I have wondered many times since then, “what Dad would have thought […]
There’s work in the valley
I love Sunday morning worship. I love when the saints gather together. I love the fellowship, the worship, the encouragement, and the proclamation of God’s word. Sometimes, worship is so good that I don’t want to go home. That’s what happens in our text. Mark 9 records one of the greatest worship services in history. […]
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