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.
Read MoreMy daughter Bethany is thirteen. It feels like she’s growing up very fast. Recently, she had a field trip to the local high school.
I passed a Wendy’s three weeks ago, and on the sign with the interchangeable letters was written: “Cod is back.”
How our five-year vision compels us to change a few minutes of our week.
Last weekend I mentioned at IBC that gratefulness is a powerful antidote to anger.
In the mid-nineties, there was a popular book called The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman. One of the five languages explained in Chapman’s book is receiving gifts.