by admin | Aug 30, 2016 | Articles, Blog
This past week my family and I were in New York City for the wedding of one of my sisters. I was raised in the NYC neighborhood of Astoria and Ashley and I spent a very happy first year of marriage there as we did our best to serve the wonderful people of Open Door...
by admin | Aug 23, 2016 | Articles, Blog
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.—Hebrews 13:5–6 As...
by admin | Aug 16, 2016 | Articles, Blog
Our culture is addicted to success. From parenting to painting to online image managing, we are constantly bombarded with a thousand and one means by which we are promised a success that has to this point eluded us. Churches and other religious organizations are often...
by admin | Aug 9, 2016 | Articles, Blog
I love to shop. I love pushing carts and carrying bags, no matter if I am shopping for shoes or groceries. I especially love it when my mom takes all five of my sisters and me on an all-day shopping adventure for our annual Girls’ Day celebration. We usually start at...
by admin | Aug 2, 2016 | Articles, Blog
For Christ-followers the gospel is everything. Without the incarnation, death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ of Nazareth we are, as Paul said, of all men most miserable. Apart from the reality of the gospel message our joy is a sham, our hope is in vain,...
by admin | Jul 26, 2016 | Articles, Blog
But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.—2 Thessalonians 3:13 The context of this verse is Paul’s admonition to the Thessalonian church to deal with a group of troublemakers who had abandoned everyday faithfulness for a path that seemed both easier and...
