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Shall We Dance?

Shall we Dance?   Psalm 30:11 “You have turned my crying into dancing”   I recall reading a spiritual poem in my younger years. The poem was titled “Footprints in the Sand”. Most people are familiar with the story. It...

Bold as a Lion

Bold as a Lion   The other day as I was meditating and in prayer, I felt a prompting in my heart and heard a whisper.  I felt as if the Holy Spirit whispered in my ear the word BOLDNESS.  Immediately, I began to think...

My Telenovela Moment

      Growing up I use to watch telenovelas with my grandmother. There were always the overly dramatic scenes of the women crying with dark mascara running down their face and they would look straight into the...

The Abyss

Like a lot of people I was saddened and surprised to hear of Robin Williams’ suicide. How could a man that brought so much joy and laughter to the world be in such pain to end his life? From the outside we saw a successful,...

A new dress for Ellise…

Aug 2014 I once read a story about a sweet little girl named Ellise. Her father had widowed when she was just a baby. Nine years had gone by and dad had done a great job at raising her. Life wasn’t easy and money was...

The Marble and the Lion

There was once a sculptor who worked hard with hammer and chisel on a large block of marble. A little child who was watching him saw nothing more than large and small pieces of stone falling away left and right. He had no idea...

Classical Conversations: Homeschooling – Mission, Model, Method

Converging at a McAllen church, RGV parents grappled with the prospect of homeschooling, the Classical Christian Model, and the art of true rhetoric. After three days of education, equipping, and encouragement, parents left the...

Luchando con el Desempleo

¿Conoce usted a alguien que esté sin trabajo? ¿Alguien en su familia? ¿Un amigo? Quizás usted mismo ha luchado con el desempleo últimamente.

Yo por mi parte tuve esta lucha cuando sostenía a mi madre viuda y a cinco...

Ministry Spotlight: Freely Given Freely Received Ministry

Valley Christian Magazine had the blessed opportunity to speak with a local ministry Freely Given Freely Received and their founders Ray & Esmer Perez. Ray shared that he along with his wife Esmer were at a Bible Study at...

Healing

Have you ever ignored that little inner voice that is telling you something is not right? I have on many occasions and it usually leads to unnecessary stress or anxiety. You can sense it with relationships, your health, decisions...