FBCA BLOG
Life Is Busy In today’s culture, we live & die by the calendar. Life is busy. We fill up our days, we sign up for all the things, to the point where we have to plan 3 weeks in advance just to grab lunch with a friend. For families, the stress and pressure of having…
Read MoreHow Do You “Prove” Your Identity? What do showing up at an airport for a flight, getting pulled over for a traffic stop, and arriving at a polling location to vote have in common? In each situation, you need to show some identification. But how do you “prove” your true identity? Driver’s license? Passport? DNA…
Read MoreWhether you’re off to college for your first semester this fall or returning, finding a church can be a challenge. If you grew up going to one or two churches, odds are you weren’t the one making the primary decision on where you were going. Now that the decision is in your hands, what do…
Read MoreIt’s summer time, and that means VBS and summer camps galore for families here in Texas! In fact, we just wrapped up the sweetest and most amazing week here at FBCA called Kinder Bible School. It is a week we plan for most of the year, and a week we greatly anticipate. This year we…
Read MoreINTRODUCTION In this brief summary, let me begin a few declarative statements: I believe in the authority of Holy Scripture – The Bible is the Word of God, divinely inspired and it is authoritative in the life of every believer. The Bible has to be properly interpreted – God’s Word is an ancient library…
Read MoreWhat are the five love languages? The Five Love Languages were developed by a minister, author, and speaker Gary Chapman. They’re a tool for helping people understand themselves in relationships and better connect with their spouses, friends, and children. You can take a quiz to learn what your love language is, and you can read…
Read MoreDon’t Mom Alone, Mom Together I’m not the first to say it, but some of us need to hear it again – Don’t mom alone, mom together. There I was, six weeks post-partum, with my precious newborn asleep in the bassinet next to me, and I couldn’t stop my tears. I had this overwhelming sense of…
Read MoreLiving out your Christian faith in college is already difficult enough, but it can be even more difficult to do this over the summer. Often times when college students go home over the summer it can be hard for them to find the same community, they had at college back at home. This makes it…
Read MoreYour child’s senior year overflows with lasts: the last football game, the last curtain call, the last dance, the last awards ceremony. Until finally… the last day of school. If you’re anything like me, those lasts swell with bittersweet tension. Pride in all the ways your child has grown and flourished, an aching sadness for…
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