Called to Care

Part of our calling as people born of water and the Spirit is to care for others!  That’s in addition to being God’s servants, and Christian leaders. Review my previous reflections:  You’re baptized, then you are God’s servant.  You are called to lead.  Before delving into today’s reflection, read the following words from our Lord, […]

Called to Lead

Every Christian, born of water and the Spirit, not only is she/he a servant of God but is also called to lead!  That’s kind of redundant, one would think. Isn’t it?  Of course, how can you be a servant of God without becoming a leader? And, how can you be born of water and the […]

You’re Baptized, then You Are God’s Servant

If you’re baptized, then you are God’s servant!  In other words, all Christians, born of water and the Spirit, are servants of the living God, just as Peter, Paul, James, and all the others, were.  This reflection is the first of the four-part sermon series. What we will do, however, in the next lines is […]

Easter: The Revelation of Who God Is

Easter is the revelation of Who God is!  The disciples, based on all four Gospels in the New Testament, would see Jesus as God only after the resurrection.  Throughout the three years, they had spent with Him before His crucifixion, they referred to Him primarily as Rabbi (Teacher).  It was after His resurrection, Thomas would […]

We Are God’s Witnesses

In this article, we look at the third implication of what it means to be a member of God’s big family.  Previously, we talked about two levels of significance that come with why God, the Father, had to let His Son, Jesus Christ, die for us:  We are members of Christ’s Body.  We are a […]

We Are Royal Priesthood

Lent reminds us that we are a Royal Priesthood. It is the second way we show to the world that we are members of God’s big family.  In our last reflection, we looked at the fact that being members of God’s family, we are also members of the Body of Christ. And, being members of […]

We Are the Body of Christ

This reflection builds upon our previous article, “we are God’s family.” You may need to review it in case you missed it.  As we go through Lent this year, let’s remember that God’s only intention, by sending His only begotten Son, still is to draw us back to Himself.  What we talk about in this […]

We Are God’s Big Family

This article is the first in the series as we use Lent to reflect on who we are as a Church. The series, as we go through Lent, reminds us of the work of God through Jesus Christ.  The significance of Lent, therefore, resides in what God has already done through Christ.  A major piece […]

Fear to Hope

  At the time, I’m updating this article from April 2020, it’s the first day of March 2021. And, that’s close to a year into the COVID pandemic. Even though more people are increasingly getting now the vaccine, we should still admit that there’s been a lot of fear in society, as a result of […]

Personal Transformation: The Soul

  As we’ve studied before, personal transformation affects four levels: mind, heart, soul, and body.  So far, we have discussed the mind and the heart. You may need to review those two reflections to make a better sense of what we study in the following lines: the soul.  Our biblical foundation comes from two scriptures: […]