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 MoreI wrote my last post as a prayer in response to the Orlando terrorist shootings. Sadly, now as I write these words, I’m watching the real time news reports about the Istanbul airport terrorist bombing.
A couple weeks ago, the world said goodbye to a fighter. Now, make no mistake, I am a theater-loving, violence-eschewing, girly-girl who thinks boxing is decidedly NOT cute.
O Lord, my heart breaks for the dead and wounded and their families for the terror they experienced.
I’m so excited in these days about where God is leading IBC. And because I’m excited about where God is leading IBC, I’m also very keen that our church be done with functional “binitarianism” and become full-on Trinitarians in our ecclesiology.
Nineteen is about the age where you learn that life is, 1. Really Scary and 2. Really, Really Hard.
Last Sunday we kicked off our new sermon series Animate, where we are exploring who the Holy Spirit is and how he works in and through our lives.