With COVID back on the rise, the Taliban take-over of Afghanistan and U.S. citizens left behind, the wake of destruction from Hurricane Ida, and the continued political unrest, it’s easy to feel a loss of hope. Add to that the results of recent studies indicating that younger adults are far less likely to marry or have children or vote, and that members of Generation Z indicate they are far more pessimistic about the future than older generations, we’re quickly becoming...

As you take the next few minutes to read through this short blog, let’s start with a quiz. I’ll keep it to one question, and I’ll make it multiple choice to keep it simple.

1. The fastest growing church in the world today resides in:

            a. Southern California

            b. Birmingham, Alabama

            c. Iran

            d. Indianapolis, Indiana

This past weekend the Grover household passed two major milestones. First, Luke, our youngest, married a beautiful, Christ-centered, young woman named Analise Ho. Second, Luke graduated from the IU Police Academy in Bloomington. I told Luke that when he...