by Ivonne Rivera-Newberry | Oct 17, 2019 | Faith
In early 2017, Jason and I starting attending NewSpring Church and soon after went through Starting Point, an 8-week course. Starting Point provided me a safe space to explore my faith journey and ask questions about Christianity. During those 8 weeks, I learned about...
by Ivonne Rivera-Newberry | Sep 13, 2019 | Faith, Family
Just before school started back up again, I visited my parents and sister in South Florida. It was the very end of Andito and Isabel’s summer visit with their abuelos and titi. While I was there I got see and hold my great grandmother’s bible. I have...
by Ivonne Rivera-Newberry | Jul 16, 2019 | Encouragement, Faith
Today’s Coffee with God led me to an Oswald Chamber’s devotion. It spoke of the concept of divine control. I have so often struggled with control in my life. I have learned to be more accountable to the things that I do have control over and to trust God...
by Ivonne Rivera-Newberry | Jul 10, 2019 | Faith
Today’s coffee with God was about having faith in God and what that really means. What does it mean to have faith in God? What does having faith in anything mean? Faith can mean having confidence or trust in a person or thing. We make decisions regularly based...
by Ivonne Rivera-Newberry | Jun 26, 2019 | Life
I recently had lunch with an unlikely colleague. I say unlikely because what transpired between us, while we worked together, was ugly. While I contributed to the ugliness in ways, I acknowledge and ways I simply don’t see, she took significant unparalleled...