Sister Stella

I heard Sister Stella Garcia went home to be with the LORD (2021). I have mixed feelings about her passing, ranging from sorrow to joy! Sister Stella has been a faithful friend and member of our Church for the 25 years I have known her. I remember working with her and Brother Carlos as Ushers. […]

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A Firm Foundation

The body count made the headlines around the world. A multi-story condominium collapsed with such force that few bodies have been recovered after a week of desperate searching. Is that unbelievable tragedy unfolding in a third-world slum? No, it’s on Miami Beach, the playground for the rich and famous! Those condos sell for $700,000 and

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GOD Forbid!

We spent a few days of our vacation in New Orleans, Louisiana. The city is known for great food, jazz music, voodoo, drinking and sin. Why would we purposely go to that city of sin? Our Pastor even warned us of the in-your-face sin he saw there before he was saved. To add some context,

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Doing Just Fine

When the Air Force sent me to Saudi Arabia for six months I missed my family, my privacy, and having some control over my life. I felt lonely and unhappy. I saw it as something I just had to get through. The only thing I looked forward to was leaving when my tour was over.

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It’s Different Now

We are on vacation with our daughter and grandchildren and though I enjoy this time with them, it’s different from vacations we took before. My wife spent months planning this trip, we booked our accommodations early, to get better prices. We bought tickets for the parks to make sure we could get in. We even

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