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Hard Times

I was hanging out with my buddy today doing a few errands before leaving to Middle Earth and Big lots was one of the destination places to pick up some things for my dog. We went inside, found what we were looking for and then walked out. As we exited the doors, there was a…

Finding Hope!

When he was a kid, he was the third child out of four kids and was always trying to do things to gain acceptance from his parents. He was constantly reaching out through the good and bad just to see if his parents really cared about him. Did they really love him or was he…

His Name is Michael

I had just jumped on the 110 freeway heading to my place from downtown LA and looked down to see the Orange warning light come on for gas. Even though I have a Toyota Corolla which is amazing on Gas mileage I wasn’t going to chance getting stuck on the freeway in bumper to bumper…

I am the Glue

I am the glue that holds everything together; without me this ministry would fall apart. I make sure that everything goes according to plan; that the worship is good, that people are getting plugged in, and that people are excited to come. I am the center and it is because of me that things go…

The Shoe Story

A story can be found in the shoes of brokenness. Once brand new, vibrantly white, full of excitement and life, now barely hanging on by a a little glue that binds the sole to the shoe. Her strings withered by being pulled back and forth everyday and then tugged and tightened for the comfort of…

An Unfamiliar Face

He walked through the doors for the first time not knowing where to turn. Only finding himself with a strong desire to go to church. He had tried things of the world; a crazy lifestyle, parties, girls, drugs, sex and alcohol. Hopeless and unfulfilled turning to new territory with an open heart looking for true…

Change for the wrong reasons.

When people change to please other people it rarely lasts. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2 I remember a time, maybe many…

When it rains it pours

Have you ever been in a situation where it got tough and you felt like it was impossible to get through it? Even to a point where depression kicks in and you want to just give up on life? And then the unthinkable.. MORE bad stuff happens! What is up with that? One thing after…