Wait for the Lord; be strong, and take heart and wait for the Lord.”  (Psa 27:14) When there is a need in our lives, we often pray.  The single person will pray for the man/woman of God’s chosing to come along and sweep them off their feet.  Those with financial difficulties will pray for relief and/or a job.  Those with physical needs will pray for healing.  We pray fervently...

As many of you know, I have been reading (and really enjoying) John Ortberg’s book, If You Want to Walk on Water You’ve Got to Get Out of the Boat.  On page 147 Ortberg writes the following: “In the movie Chariots of Fire, British runner Harold Abrams runs against the Scottish champion Eric Liddell and loses for the first time in his life.  The pain of failure is so great...

In his book If You Want to Walk on Water, You’ve Got to Get Out of the Boat, John Ortberg writes: “Imagine that your life is over, and you are led to a small room.  There are two chairs in the room, one for you and one for God (who gets a very large chair), and there’s a VCR.  God puts a tape into the machine.  It has your name on it and is labeled What Might Have Been. Imagine...

“Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.” (James 1:23-24) One of the first things you did this morning was to look into a mirror.  And once you saw your reflection, you made whatever improvements or adjustments that you could. ...

“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”  (Philippians 4:8) Anthony Hopkins is, of course a brilliant actor.  Who will ever forget his chilling performance in “The Silence of the Lambs”? Hopkins is also in a lesser-known...

I was watching the PGA Golf Championship, and the unthinkable happened.  Tiger Woods lost.  And it was an ugly loss.  He started the day two strokes ahead, and he still lost.  This has never happened before.  Whenever Tiger has started the last day of a major championship with a lead, he has never given it up. And he has won 14 major championships. To make it worse, he lost to a virtual...

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”  (Romans 8:28) I have a cousin who one of the most godly businessmen I have ever known.  He owns a large glass manufacturing plant in South Carolina.  He employs over 100 men.  He is faithful with his giving.  He is an honest boss.  And he goes the...

We’d like to thank the open air team from Boston for all of the hard work they put in to make the outreach to kids in our area so successful. We had close to 30 kids attending, and several parents came for the grand finale this past Thursday. We’d also like to thank our members that came and lent a hand. Here are some pictures taken by Sonia Sanchez.