https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-uhk35-f95a52
You want to choose a career that gives your life meaning and joy. But where do you start? I explain the 3 most important things you need to know to decide on a career.
Why Should I Become a Biology Teacher?
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-pe2kk-f959de
Learn about the vocational journey of Dr. Travis Wilcoxen, university professor in biology. Find out how he fulfills God’s calling through teaching biology.
UIndy Lenten Devotional 2017
I’m glad to offer a free devotional created by the students and for the students of McCleary Chapel Ministries at the University of Indianapolis. I hope that you too will enjoy taking the Lenten journey with them. I’m so proud of these students, their love for Jesus Christ, and their heart to share that love with others.
Here is the PDF download: UIndy Lenten Devotional 2017
A little about the creators of it: Christianna Lopez is our Chapel Steward of Devotion this year. She is the primary editor. Christianna is an evangelical student from Zionsville, IN, majoring in music. Our layout and graphic designer is Emma Hogsett; she is a marketing major from Goshen, IN, and is a United Methodist. The rest of the authors are Catholics, Methodists, Presbyterians, Evangelicals, Baptists, and lots of other kinds of Christians. They are studying a variety of fields at UIndy including Social Work, Art, Physical Therapy, Nursing, Education, Philosophy, Religion, and many others.
You can print and distribute as many copies as you would like. We ask that you not redistribute electronically (just point them to this site!) or use the text that belongs to these authors without attribution. Otherwise, we’d be thrilled if you share it far and wide.
3 Steps to Making Friends in a New Place
Lots of people struggle to build relationships when they get to new places. In my work as a university chaplain, my main experience is with new college freshmen. But people experience the same challenges when they move to a new town for work or even during significant shifts in their community when they don’t move anywhere (new job, divorce, etc.). Thankfully, watching freshmen succeed and fail at forming new friendships has taught me a lot about what is required to start building new relationships. [Read more…]
Why I’m Leaving the Assemblies of God for the United Methodist Church (Part 2 – Theology)
In part 1 I explained some of the ministry reasons that I’m transferring my membership and ordination to the United Methodist Church. In this post I will explain some of the doctrinal reasons. Though I must admit that the primary reasons that I’m transferring have nothing to do with theology or ministry. [Read more…]
Why I’m Leaving the Assemblies of God for the United Methodist Church (Part 1)
Some decisions are simply more difficult than others. My decision to leave the Assemblies of God for the United Methodist Church seemed like one of the difficult ones for many years. But now that decision is remarkably easy. [Read more…]
Three Reasons (Not) to Avoid Hard Conversations this Holiday Season
My first guest post from my wife, Rev. Jenifer Stuelpe Gibbs!
A consistent topic has floated through my social media the last few days. The topic has been covered through cartoons, memes, jokes and even a Saturday Night Live (tv show) skit. Some are incredibly funny and made me giggle. All of them make light of difficult conversations which might arise when families gather during the holidays. Most joke about how to shut those conversations down, ignore them, or evade them so as to “survive” the holidays. The jokes are funny because they point to a deeper truth, which is that holidays aren’t always easy for everyone and relationships can be messy.
What struck me was this; every form of media commended not ever having the hard conversations. There are certainly times not to have the conversations. The truth is, not everything requires a conversation. But avoidance of hard conversations seems to be a trend and now the norm. We’ve all done it. [Read more…]
Dr. Jeremiah Gibbs 