by Ivonne Rivera-Newberry | Aug 1, 2018 | Faith
“If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance of the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?” ~Esther 4:14 This weekend’s sermon featured...
by Ivonne Rivera-Newberry | Dec 23, 2017 | Faith
Every Christmas I love watching James Stewart and Donna Reed play Mr. & Mrs. Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life. The happy ending elicits the same sentimentality that I honestly can’t help. There is always something that sticks out to me when I watch it....
by Ivonne Rivera-Newberry | Aug 4, 2017 | Faith
Accepting Jesus Christ as my savior was a huge step for me, my proverbial crossing of the line. This proclamation is very specific in describing my faith and what I believe. It is marked progress from saying “I believe in a higher power.” Having...
by Ivonne Rivera-Newberry | Jul 17, 2017 | Faith
In sipping coffee with a friend we talked and laughed about a great many things. She stated something that made me pause and consider why it resonated so powerfully. “God fills us because He created us”, she said. I recalled being told “You will...
by Ivonne Rivera-Newberry | Jul 8, 2017 | Faith
We said good-bye to Jason’s cousin who had stopped by to visit. As the door closed, I said, “I can’t in good conscious agree with the criticisms you both were making about Harvard’s black student commencement.” Jason read a headline about...
