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 MoreEaster Sunday is like that happy dance you bust into when you find the egg filled with chocolate, jelly beans, AND that $5 bill—except, well, it’s a much bigger reason for celebration.
I’m not a spiritual giant; I’m only saying what anyone would say. If anyone had been through what I have been through and had been changed like I have, they would absolutely say, ‘I would do it again.’
I had become a pretty good liar. More on that in a minute. See, I had just come back to Christianity from a three-year hiatus after my dad died when I was 13.
I like life hacks — those lists of clever ways to get around life’s little annoyances. You see them in your news feed or in the nifty two-minute packages at the end of your favorite newscast.
For people in their Young Adults in DFW, it’s normal to be a Christian. In fact, for many, it’s normal for faith and spirituality to be an incredibly important part of their lives. Thing is, it’s not normal to talk about it.