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A Reflection on Black History Month
In recent weeks at IBC, we’ve been discussing the importance of wrestling with our own personal past—our life story—to better understand our present and God’s intentions for our future. This is a vitally important part of our ongoing spiritual growth and development. God has made us who we are through the formative experiences and relationships of our lives: though our heritage, our heroes, our high points, and our hard times.
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Dance Parties, Comfy Shoes, and a New Perspective
This week we’re talking with Lisa Gajewski about her experience volunteering with Arise, IBC’s ministry to individuals with special needs. A long-time IBCer, Lisa started attending in 2004 and has been volunteering with Arise for the last eight years.
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Pentecost and Stranger Things
If you’ve paid any attention to the outside world lately, you’d know that season 4 of “Stranger Things” dropped last week. “Stranger Things” is a science fiction series set in the 1980s and comes equipped with the typical rebellious kids wrestling with scholastic melodrama and, of course—monsters from another dimension.
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Q&A with Young-Sam Won
In celebration of AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) Heritage Month, we are elevating AAPI voices within our church body. This week, we’re featuring a quick Q&A with Sam Won. Sam's family is relatively new to IBC, and we are so happy to have them!
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Q&A with Chris Beach
In celebration of AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) Heritage Month, we are elevating AAPI voices within our church body. This week, we’re featuring a quick Q&A with Chris Beach. If you don’t know Chris, he’s active across several IBC ministries and is known to roll up his sleeves and volunteer whenever needed.
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The In-Between Space
Growing up as a third-culture kid in homogeneous environments, I never thought about being Asian or South Asian. After all, no one ever asked me about my ethnic background. When people saw me, they knew I was from India.
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When Jesus Was Tender and When He Was Tough
That voice. You undoubtedly know the difference when someone uses that voice. The conversation went from being lighthearted to now serious. As a child, you may remember actual examples when your parent got serious and “laid down the law.”