

We Can Be Healers
I was born in Puerto Rico, grew up in New York, and have lived in Virginia most of my life now with my wife and family. The great rivers of Virginia like the James and the Rappahannock were not born the way you see them as you stand on the bank. Great bodies of water are born in the mountains; in remote places. They begin as little streams trickling down and carving out a path until they meet the river. The river flows into the bay and on and on. We need that water; our bodie


Lollipop Christianity: Growing in Spiritual Stature
Are you experiencing arrested development in your Christian walk? If so, you can do something about that. “When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.” -- 1 Corinthians 13:11, NIV It is a big mistake for any of us to think we have arrived in our growth as Christians. Growing to the full stature in Christ is to walk and move with spiritual understanding and knowledge. Do


More Than Meets the Eye
Can you recall a time when all you could see were circumstances coming against you? Maybe you are there now and feel like throwing in the towel. When you want to give up in the midst of the challenge, remember Elisha. In Chapter 6 of 2 Kings, the Syrians (your translation may say Arameans) were at war with the Israelites. Plotting against Israel, the king of Syria would get together with his men and privately disclose where he intended to set up camp. After hearing from God,