IBC Blog
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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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God is Up to Something
There we were, my wife Ivah and I, walking around Hackberry Creek one humid August evening when suddenly we saw a string of flashing lights. At first we didn’t know where they were coming from.
eLetter
Freedom in Prayer
The most consequential presidential election of my adult life is only 12 weeks away, and up until last week I’ve been wondering if I can take it anymore.
eLetter
Hungry for Hope
Did you know that Texas ranks second in the country in the total number of food-insecure individuals and seventh in terms of child hunger? According to Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, “Dallas is the poorest rich city in the United States.
Announcements
A New Discipleship Experience and New Fall Worship Service Times
For the last several months, the leadership of IBC has been praying about and talking through two significant ministry changes for Fall 2016. In this process, as in all things, our desire has been to follow God where he leads as we serve his church.
Chatter
The Only Possible Life
The other day, my husband came home with a three-ring binder from a business coaching group to which he belongs. He plopped it down beside me on the couch: “Personal Life Planner” it said on the cover. It beckoned to me.
Chatter
Circles of Hope
This is the story of many people working together to bring transformation and hope to the world of human trafficking. While we can all enact change in our corner of the world, and one person can change the whole world, for a problem on the scale of human trafficking, it’s going to take all of us working together to bring about worldwide transformation.