by Dr. Jim Browning | Aug 21, 2023 | Blog, Chapel
Chapel Message August 19, 2023 Months ago, when asked about bringing a devotional for chapel, I immediately sensed what I should share. However, I tried to shift to two other ideas these past few weeks. In each case, the Holy Spirit drew me back to the issue...
by Dr. Grace Lynn Shockey | Jul 31, 2023 | Blog, Chapel
Chapel Message July 18, 2023 Introduction When Jim and I were appointed as missionaries by the IMB, we went to the Missionary Learning Center in Virginia for orientation. We were young excited and about our life ahead in East Asia. Then one day, a speaker...
by Wade Berry | Mar 1, 2023 | Blog
Violent crime and political extremism have become an unfortunate part of the American experience. The heartache endured by countless families and communities is enough to dull one’s senses—or, alternatively, to consume one with rage. And the more the American Right...
by Wade Berry | Dec 18, 2022 | Blog
I can’t swim the ocean that’s growing between us The shores are too far apart Grover Levy, “When We Fail Love” These words may be simple, but they are some of the saddest ever penned in contemporary Christian music. They bear witness to an intractable...
by Patty Parker | Nov 23, 2022 | Blog
My father passed away twelve years ago this month. My relationship with him—both living and in the time since his death—has proved a most rigorous lesson in forgiveness. Just as grief comes in waves, unforgiveness knocks us down unexpectedly and repeatedly....
