Sometimes dreams come true in unexpected ways Over the old city, dawn was slowly breaking. As the sun crept over the eastern horizon, its rays crawled across slate and tile roofs glinting and flashing on the spires and domes of ancient buildings. Warmth was already announcing its presence, heralded on the breeze from the harbor … Continue reading A Distant Dream
You are one of a kind. Unique. No one else can do what what you’re meant to do. Live your destiny. Marimba was tired. They had traveled a long way and the hour was late. She looked at Josak wearily and sighed. “How much farther?” He stopped and turned to look at her. … Continue reading A Different Destiny
You are created for a purpose and stronger than you know. Use your strength. Overhead the harvest moon seemed to dominate the sky, the pale orb almost cloudlike with its blurred face and frayed edges. Around it, the deep blue-black night sky appeared still, the stars indistinct and barely flickering. The crisp air hung cool … Continue reading the Light Bearer
If you want to avoid cancel culture, then just… From the early days of my ministry, I’d been told by a very dear friend, an older minister, a mentor really, never to read my own press. Don’t read the positive or negative reviews, editorials or social media comments and certainly never pay attention to “likes” … Continue reading Fruit Bandits
Never believe the lie that you aren’t valuable The quiet on the deck was welcome as I stood by the rail. Always an early riser, it had become more pronounced as my journey took me into time zones behind where I had come from. I supposed most of the other passengers were busy packing their … Continue reading The Arrival
Never be afraid to stand for what you believe in. Are you scared?” My friend asked. I grinned. “No. Why should I be?” Her forehead wrinkled with concern as her eyes went from the open suitcase on my dorm room cot to my face. “What you’re doing is dangerous.” My head bobbed in acknowledgement as … Continue reading the Encounter
t Never lose hope. Miracles do happen. In the spring of 1993, I was married with two children, the youngest not even a year old, and living in West Palm Beach, FL. My husband at the time, was not a Christian and vehemently opposed to the faith. I had been naïve when I married … Continue reading The Devil in the Details
Ever feel like you’ve done something so horrible even God can’t forgive you? Think again… Hospitals are a strange, kind of surreal place for me; not because I’m afraid of germs or death or anything like that. It’s just that I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve visited so it’s weird. … Continue reading the unpardonable sin
Lisa Greco Filali 