InWord Resources

Rembering Pearl Harbor

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Fittingly, it was a cloudy, foggy day when I visited Pearl Harbor with my cousin’s family, December 9, 2010. I’m sharing a few pix, including pix of the USS Missouri (Mighty Mo) the ship that hosted the signing of Japan’s unconditional surrender. It is appropriately on display in this hallowed harbor. That trip was also solace … [Read more...]

The Day After: Election 2016 and Teens

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Those who’ve been observing elections for decades have called this the most contentious, nasty election season in recent history, if not of all time. So the question that emerges after the voting dust settles is this: can we improve as we move forward? And more poignantly, can today’s teens help? For those of us who work with … [Read more...]

Election Hangover Pill

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It seems impossible to have reasonable dialogue in today’s political landscape. But can our teens step up and break the cycle of division they’ve seen in their parents’ generation? Maybe Tim McGraw’s country song ,“Always be humble and kind,” should be our temporary National Anthem. The passages in the document below, if applied … [Read more...]

Do Bible Apps Help or Hurt?

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In the era of burgeoning Bible apps, how can we make sure that we’re experiencing God’s Word the way God asks us to experience it? Is Bible time on the fly better than no Bible time at all?   Bible apps are great. And they give us unprecedented access into Scripture. But I have one caveat: Don’t let someone else have … [Read more...]

REVIEW: Slaying Biblical Illiteracy

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The ministry of teen Bible engagement is a complex matrix of considerations: over-churched vs. under-churched, middle school vs. high school, spiritually engaged vs. spiritually apathetic, and the list goes on. It’s a ministry that can use all the tools it can get.  The small book by Matt Andrews, Slaying Biblical Illiteracy  … [Read more...]

Are You Able to Pray for Hillary or Donald?

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  Political rhetoric is always charged and every year seems to establish a new high-water mark for personal destruction. This year’s mark has been set by the use of a phrase we don’t hear much in Presidential elections: Unfit to be President. And it’s being lobbed from both sides.   This is a good indicator … [Read more...]