During the Advent Season, we have shared inspirational messages on Hope and Peace in keeping with this year’s theme, “The Heart of Christmas.” This weekend continues with Joy building on both Hope and Peace. There’s so much Joy when our hearts are filled with Hope and Peace. While reading a beautiful Christmas story to the Agapè children, this week I had one of those experiences of…

During this special time of the year, our anxiety levels can become elevated as we navigate the ever multiplexing and evolving days leading to Christmas. The business merchants are aggressively seeking to direct our attention to the newest, greatest and must have items for this Christmas. There’s a special sale day for everything Christmas, another…

In the Thanksgiving Season, the time of gathering with family and friends, God brought us together one more time. For some it was opportunity to make new acquaintances and establish new connections. While for others, it was a time for reconciliation in hope of the restoration with loved ones with whom there may have been…

We are approaching the busyness of the most wonderful time of the year and the signs are all around. Have you noticed how the season of Thanksgiving and Christmas just somehow all of a sudden appear? There’s usually a neighbor that begins the process of decorating and suddenly, the entire neighborhood is transformed to the…

It’s the wonderful time of the year when families begin looking with great anticipation towards the special holidays and family gatherings. We gather and take our special places to fill the tables with our family and friends to enjoy the best from our renowned in-house chefs.  Our taste buds begin to connect with what our…

It’s time to change means something different to everyone across the country and in the various time zones. Our clocks in this state will go back one hour this Saturday and give us more daylight. Hence, Daylight Savings Time ends on Sunday morning at 1AM. While there are two states that remain on the standard…

It’s been a month of transition as we have journeyed together for the past month representing 30 days, 720 hours, 43,200 minutes or 2,592,000 seconds. When we consider that just a few weeks ago, I shared about the fall colors with the changing seasons and now this week, we can witness there are less leaves…

As I spent several days this week on the Wheaton College campus attending a conference, my passion for ministry and learning was reignited. During this time, spending time with former colleagues and new acquaintances that included opportunities to hear speakers from around the world and attend the timely workshops with innovative pastors, world-class scholars, and…

Have you noticed the sudden changes taking place as the falling leaves from the colorful trees remind us that we’re moving briskly into the fall season? There’s beauty of God’s love reflected right in nature as seasons come and seasons go. The tree that was full of green leaves over a month ago, in just…

The other day I was sitting outside near a little corner of creation that looked like a patch of weeds though I’m pretty sure it was really an overgrown garden. Whatever it was, it didn’t look like much—at first. There weren’t any colorful blossoms or well-defined edges. But then, as I sat there, I started to notice…