The New Year brings predictions for the future and mixed emotions about the past. If previous predictions are any indication, most will miss the mark. Wouldn’t it be great to know the future, so you can act on that knowledge? That would give you an advantage over uncertain predictions. If you knew the future, you […]

A new year is upon us. News stories and the internet are filled with memorable events from the past year and hopes for the new one. People announce their New Year’s resolutions, even though they failed to keep last year’s. Though it is just a date on the calendar, people see it as a chance

     Last Sunday the Filipino Congregation said goodbye to our beloved Pastor Ricky and Jean Yambing.  There were many moving stories of the love, devotion, and hard work they poured into people’s lives.  A lengthy presentation of photographs portrayed how this couple dedicated the last 15 years to the Beijing ministry and the Filipino congregation. 

Our daughter and son-in-law just gave us a great gift. It isn’t the price they paid, though I know it was expensive. I wouldn’t have asked them to get it for us, because they have three children and many other loved ones to buy gifts for. I loved the gift because it was so thoughtful

This is the time of year when people think of giving and receiving gifts. I don’t want anything because I am blessed and have what I really want. I appreciate more the love behind a gift, than the gift itself. My daughter asked what I wanted for Christmas, and I gave her a few modestly