The first of January provides a valuable opportunity to leave behind an old pattern or habit and begin something new. As I have gotten older, I...
Fort Des Moines Church of the Open Bible hosted a mortgage burning celebration November 3, 2019, planned around the theme “Reminisce, Rejoice, and Revive.” Dignitaries included...
Delores Winegar, a member of First Church of the Open Bible in Des Moines, Iowa, and former executive secretary for Open Bible’s Global Missions, has published Mary,...
By Nicole Kerr Growing up in Iowa, I remember winters with snow days, snow forts, and snowball fights! So much snow! Now winter consists of snow...
By Andrea Johnson My mom told me she didn’t think I ever believed in Santa Claus. I distinctly remember as a small child tugging at her...
Christmas for our family was always centered around family. Parents, siblings, grandparents, cousins, aunts, and uncles all gathered together for a time of sharing, laughing, and...
It was Noel time! That meant some nuns or other nice people might come to our school and pass out candies. This season always excited me...
In 2018 Monte LeLaCheur, lead pastor of Turning Point Open Bible Church in Spokane, Washington, felt inspired to help support the ministry efforts of Ly and...
Ximena R. Urra became the new member-at-large to the National Board of directors of Open Bible Churches, a role she assumed October 1, 2019, after Raul...
A menudo me preguntaba cuándo ocurriría mi propia “bomba de vida”. ¿Cuándo llegaría ese momento en el que de repente las cosas ya no eran perfectas?...
