Minister Of Mocha

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  • Easter Eggs

    Once again, Easter has come and gone. Easter is a time of many things to many people. For some people it’s a week off of school. For some people it’s the culmination of a Holy Week. For some people it’s the end of March Madness. For some people it’s a sugar rush like no other.…

  • Walking Dead

    As I write this another season of “The Walking Dead” has concluded and the new season of “The Walking Not-Dead-Anymore” begins. This is Holy Week, and even though recent trends have played down the events and happenings of the week between Palm Sunday and Easter I think it is still important to recognize the importance…

  • Are we recording…? Is this thing on? Ooops!

    So as you may or may not know, we record our Friday night services from CR at RCA Church. I like to put them on our UStream channel so that in case people are out of town, or sick, or just shy they can still check out some worship and a lesson or testimony. I…

  • Loving People

    Wow, the folks I run into sometimes just make me scratch me head and wonder… I’m sure you’ve experienced that too. It can be easy to sit in a crowded mall or at Starbucks and people watch, adding my own commentary about what people are doing or wearing. I bet most of us have seen…

  • The Numbers Game

    Like a lot of Americans, I have had my phases of fascination with movies about the mafia. Plenty of us have seen “Goodfellas” or “The Godfather”. I was always trying to figure out what they meant when they talked about “running numbers”. So as I got older and “wiser” I found out more about what…

  • Rainy Days and Mondays…

    You may be familiar with the song that says “rainy days and Mondays always get me down”. Great song, but a horrible message. Personally I love the rain. Perhaps it’s because I grew up as a desert rat in Ridgecrest. Or perhaps it’s because it refreshes and renews everything. One of my favorite songs we…

  • One more year! One more year! One more year!

    So we hear the “Four more years” chant with politicians all the time. I was thinking about that as I added another candle to my own birthday count. Our regular birthdays and our recovery birthdays are just ways to keep track of the calendar. The beautiful thing is that I am made new every day.…

  • Random Acts of Kindness

    So I just heard on the radio that today, Feb 17, is Random Acts of Kindness Day. I think that is fabulous. The thing is, I think my acts of kindness should be intentional. It’s great to go and do something nice for a person “just ‘cuz”, but wouldn’t it be better if we were…

  • Forever Family

    Hey folks, have you ever thought about your family? Would you sometimes like to change some of them. Perhaps a mid-season trade for a player to be named later? I know that feeling. We don’t get to choose our family, but they still have a tremendous effect on our lives. This is why I love…

  • Bev’s Testimony

    Wow, what a great testimony we heard from Bev Pippen on Friday night. So many times people are under the impression that the folks who attend Celebrate Recovery are a bunch of people who can barely function in the real world. This is so far from the truth! On Friday night Feb 6th Bev shared…