By: Joel Ramirez When we walk through an art museum, we are naturally drawn to the finished works, the paintings framed perfectly, hanging under soft light, presented as complete and beautiful. We admire the brushstrokes, the colors, and the composition. What we do not see, however, is everything that led…
By: Obed Pineda On one occasion an experiment was carried out that required a group of children, cookies, and a promise. Each child was individually seated at a table, where a plate containing a delicious cookie, fresh from the oven, awaited them. Before the child could take the cookie from…
By: Obed Pineda The annals of history reveal to modern society that life in ancient Rome was complex. When we think about Rome, it is common for our mind’s eye to bring forth images of the decorated and feared soldiers of the empire’s military. The reason for this is unquestionably…
By: Kevin Townsend We are often faced with limitations and restrictions in our lives, whether real or imagined, physical, emotional, spiritual, imposed upon us by others or self-imposed. Human nature often focuses on what we CANNOT do, rather than what we CAN do. When we want something badly and are…
By: John Mitchell How true, and how false, is the title to this spiritual article. It is true that God did create everything. “For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and in earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things…
By: Obed Pineda A curious trait that every language shares is certain words’ ability to hold multiple meanings. Sometimes this is possible because the words sharing the different meanings contain in its composition a root word deriving from an archaic language where the principal concept applies to every meaning. The…
By: Obed Pineda Mediocre (adj.): moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary (The American Heritage Dictionary). In times of turmoil and uncertainty it is highly likely that the query that permeates our thoughts is “Why?” Our mind’s eye rushes through countless data stored in our memory bank attempting to make sense…
By: Orean Brown Tradition is basically what has been handed down for the next generation to believe and practice. There is nothing wrong with that. Teachings and practices are meant to be passed down. Indeed, tradition is necessary and unavoidable, and no one is without traditions of some kind (including…
By: Zachary Teasley Sacrifice- is the act of giving up or losing something of value for the sake of something else, Merriam-Webster Dictionary. W.E. Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament words define sacrifice as the act of offering. We cannot find a greater example of sacrifice then which was shown…
By: Obed Pineda There she was, waiting in the security check line at the airport, feeling the levels of her patience being siphoned by the snail’s pace movement of the line. She had arrived at the airport around four-thirty in the morning and had spent approximately twenty minutes waiting in…