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eLetter
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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Chatter
Taking The Road Less Traveled
Give or take a kilometer or two, our family traversed 8,157 miles for the chance to see, with our own eyes, a well drilled by the Water is Basic team. What we saw will change us forever.
Home Groups
The Force Awakens
I’ve seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens twice now. In fact, I had seen it twice before the end of 2015.
eLetter
Show Up In Love At Christmas
Like millions of Americans last evening, I sat in my Christmas-light festooned house across from a beautifully decorated tree and watched would-be presidents of the US debating national security in the recent aftermath of the San Bernardino jihadist shootings.
eLetter
The Way It Was Meant To Be
I don’t know where I’ve been the past six Advents at IBC, but this year, I’ve been given the gift of Advent and the gift of hope.
eLetter
God in the Dark
Sunday night, our family dusted off an old Advent devotional from the IBC Children’s Ministry. Following its instructions, we turned off all the lights, gathered around one candle at our kitchen table, and contemplated its meaning.
Chatter
Surprised & Grateful
A good look at our history can be best told through the story, “Surprised and Grateful” from our monthly magazine, Chatter.