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By Scott Armstrong Many readers of this site know that my family and I were able to attend the World Cup in Russia this past month. It was a remarkable time and a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Perhaps the thing I remember most is the passion that so many people had for their countries and for football/soccer.... Continue Reading →
By Frederick Buechner FIRE HAS NO SHAPE OR SUBSTANCE. You can't taste it or smell it or hear it. You can't touch it except at great risk. You can't weigh it or measure it or examine it with instruments. You can never grasp it in its fullness because it never stands still. Yet there is... Continue Reading →
A few months ago, Dr. Rubén Fernández published in the Didache theological resource website an essay on discipleship within the context of the Mesoamerica Region. I found it to be a bold, insightful rebuke of our current Church leadership and methodology (I include myself in that distinction). Below I have provided an extract of this article... Continue Reading →
By Cathy Spangler Experts say that the most easily-remembered of our five senses is smell. We forget many parts of a song days after we have heard, or even sung, it for the first time. In many cases, our recollection of the specifics of what we see starts to fade mere hours after an event. ... Continue Reading →
By Hiram Vega During his ministry on earth, Jesus impacted many lives. One of them was the most powerful man present before his death: Pontius Pilate, representative of the Roman empire and governor of that region. Jesus was brought before Pilate by the religious authorities, to be judged by him, even though they had already... Continue Reading →
By Hiram Vega What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the name Barabbas? You most likely remember a murderer who was released instead of crucified. And you certainly remember that Jesus died in his place. This is very true. After being arrested, Jesus faced several trials: one of them... Continue Reading →
By Raphael Rosado On one occasion, we were coming back from a youth retreat in the mountainous area of my country. When we entered one of the towns that was on our way we noticed a lot of traffic, none of it moving. Of all the days that we could pass by that little place,... Continue Reading →
By Raphael Rosado As human beings we spend most of our lives preparing ourselves for the future. For example, something as simple as traveling from one place to another requires us to plan certain things beforehand. We need to give maintenance to the vehicle, fill it with gas, program the GPS, pack suitcases and make... Continue Reading →
By Ken Childress "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who... Continue Reading →
Just recently we have finished our 40 days of focused prayer for the cities of the Mesoamerica Region. Every January we begin the calendar year by asking the Lord to begin a genesis in us and in the urban populations around the world. Let us continue to intercede for these cities, and may we give... Continue Reading →
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