Less in 2021
Today’s post is a translation of a brief reflection I go back to every New Year. It was written by a Brazilian contributor to one of our Portuguese websites. I posted this on New Year’s Day four years ago, but I believe it’s more relevant now than ever. And I think that after 2020 we […]
A Street Christmas 2020
What a year 2020 has been, right? With all the pandemic restrictions and quarantines we had to suspend our Sunday worship services in Derby Park and a lot of our help to the homeless. Our partner organization Christland continued serving meals to the homeless and providing recovery services for the chemically dependent, but they too […]
Do you have a singular purpose?
Following is today’s post from our Portuguese daily devotional “Jesus said…” I pray it blesses your day. Thanks for your prayers and support to keep this ministry going. As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed […]
Blessed are the Hearts
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat…” Matthew 25:35 Of all the miracles Jesus performed, I think one of the most sacred was feeding people who were hungry because they were following him. What catches our attention in the feeding of the 5,000 is the miracle of multiplying loaves and fishes. […]
Blessed are the Hands
Our partner organization Christland (Cristolândia) ministers to two very special groups of people. They have the best program I know of for helping men and women struggling with chemical dependency to come to know Christ at the same time they are overcoming dependency. They also have a center in downtown Recife only a few blocks […]