Scripture repeatedly calls believers to let love shape how we live with one another. The Apostle Paul writes in Romans 12:10, “Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.” Love is a commitment to seeking the good of another. In a world shaped by competition, fear, and self-preservation, the Christian message of love stands apart. 

At some point in your life, if you haven’t already experienced it, you will wonder about your purpose and if you’ve made any difference.  Like many families, the O’Haras worked our way through a list of Christmas movies that we enjoy. A Christmas Story, Home Alone, and Elf’ are always on our short list. But…

The excitement of Christmas can sweep up most of us. Even when kids grow up, they look back at Christmas as a season when focus and priorities change; energy and effort are put into decorating, shopping, and making plans for getting together with others. But as a kid, let’s be honest, it’s the presents that…

A generation is rising to respond to ideologies that have minimized and confused the understanding of what a man is and the role men are called to play in our society. I want to clearly share with you the need and urgency for Christian Service Brigade to rise and respond to the brokenness of both…

n 1937, Wheaton College sophomore and CSB founder, Joe Coughlin, was assigned a boys’ Sunday School class at a Methodist church near Glen Ellyn, IL, as his Christian service assignment. Coughlin developed his own programming and called this boys’ group the Christian Service Squad.

In my estimation, to be worthy of the name Christian, an organization must be able to tie its own mission statement to the Great Commission in Matthew 28:19-20 to make disciples. I am truly thrilled to lead an organization whose mission is a discipleship ministry! The mission statement of Christian Service Brigade is, “Building Godly…

Growing up, my mother was a wonderful example of a Godly woman, but my father was non-religious. He was raised in a strict home with loose associations to a dead mainline denomination. My father joined the Navy as soon as he could, traveled overseas and left religion behind.