McDonald’s. Text messages. Amazon Prime. ATMs. Google. The retired Concorde. What do all these things have in common? They are all spelled the same way: F-A-S-T In the United States of America, we put a special emphasis on receiving things and accomplishing things as quickly as possible. On the one hand, that’s okay, since our more »
Today, August 22, 2016, the fall semester of classes begins at Faith Baptist Bible College & Theological Seminary. Since 2009, I have been enrolled as a full-time student every semester, always enjoying this first day of classes. But today, August 22, 2016, I am in Crato, Ceara, Brasil, finishing up an incredible summer of ministry more »
One of my weaknesses is my tendency to do things slowly. I like slow. I like deliberate. I like to think about what I’m doing and enjoy the moment. When I worked at IRBC, I loved my job as the photographer because I was never in a rush to be anywhere after meals. I could more »
As I drove away from the elementary school where we had our Sunday morning service in Bennington, NE several weeks ago, a small sign on the street corner caught my eye. “Volunteers Needed. Bennington Soccer Club.” WHAT?! How can I get involved in that?! One of my goals in going to Bennington for a year-long more »
I read the message and could hardly contain my excitement. I had to tell somebody. Anybody! So at supper I told Uncle Jim and Aunt Julie the exciting news, “I get to be the captain of my soccer team this fall!” After finishing my third season of soccer, I had a lot of reflecting to more »
Trailing Calvary Bible College 0-1 late in the game, we sat on the sidelines hoping for something, anything good to happen. Our guys had fought hard in the Saturday afternoon heat, but still we had little go our way. All of a sudden, defender Aaron Nilius cleared a ball from midfield, and from 35 yards more »
Woke up again around 5:30am to see if the sunrise would be worth watching, and it was. This morning the sky was full of clouds, so the sunrise was a pretty one. It wasn’t even close to being one of the best I’ve seen, but it was beautiful nonetheless. As I watched it rise I more »
I came to Brasil hoping that I would also find time to exercise and get in shape for my last season of futbol at Faith Baptist Bible College this fall. So I woke up this morning and ran for almost 20 minutes, hating every minute of it. Running is the worst. But I did it, more »
Today was Shon Lundberg’s last day on staff at Faith Baptist Bible College. He accepted the call to be the pastor at Community Baptist Church in Ankeny, IA, and he begins his new ministry on Sunday. Today was a bittersweet day for the students who know him, especially for those of us who have known more »
America’s Bible College Scene Today in my seminary module,