The Store Closes in 15 Minutes

The Store Closes in 15 Minutes By Sherrie Coronas It was a warm, lazy Sunday and the late afternoon nap we were slowly coming out of was an extraordinary treat for us. Dragging ourselves out of bed was painful but not as painful as the week would be with two teenage boys and an empty [...]

Missed Opporunities: MJ

Humanitarian, philanthropists, singer, dancer,father, brother, son and friend.  These are just some of the titles that the King of Pop had. I never saw MJ in concert.  I never got to meet him in person and most of all, I never went to Neverland Ranch. Initially, I believed that it was sincere compassion for the [...]

Raising them Right…

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.  Ephesians 6:4 As believers our first ministry is to our family.  We are to consistently live and teach the gospel to our children.  These gifts are our responsibility and none of us should want [...]

Religious Runaway

An Ohio teen ran away from home in fear for her life.  Why?  Her father allegedly threatened to kill her because she converted from Islam to Christianity.  Fathima Bary, 17, is a native of Sri Lanka.  She fled to Florida last month bound for the group she considers family that she met through a prayer [...]

Disgruntled Servant or a Commpassionate Captive?

Disgruntled Servant or a Compassionate Captive? II Kings 5:1-4 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper. And the Syrians [...]

President Obama June LGBT Month

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Our country seems to do such a great job of being inclusive and recognizing everyone for their accomplishements and contributions to our rich and diverse cultural backgrounds.  Although we claim to be a nation founded on Biblical principles we continue to leave those founding principles in our distant past. Yesterday, 44th president Barack Obama, proclaimed [...]

Global Day of Prayer 2009

Please join Sisters of the Faith in supporting the Global Day of Prayer 2009.  We are praying that God would move mightily in the prayers of His people as we seek His leading and guidance.  The celebration will be observed on Sunday, May 31st this year. The Global Day of Prayer is a world-wide celebration [...]

Princess and the Frog

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Finally, we have the full trailer for Disney’s The Princess and the Frog, which features their first African-American princess!  Sure, they gave us the Shana and Thes Proud Family with Penny Proud to pacify us but, she was not a princess.  So, I’m sure many of you share the same sentiments that I did when [...]

Rare Flowers

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Rare Flowers By susan nikitenko By: Susan Y Nikitenko If I found beautiful rare flowers; I’d share this beauty with you. In hopes that you would receive it; And enjoy its fine beauty too. God is the God of miracles; This saying, though old, is true. From the gleaming sun of creation; To the tiniest [...]

Spit

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Spit By Lynda Schultz Two and a half acres in a brand-new developmentit was a gift from God. The Mission’s congregation, thrilled with finally being able to build a church of their own, put their backs and their pocketbooks into the project. The neighbourhood was just beginning to grow, and the demographics experts guaranteed that [...]