Reflecting on Courage and Rising

By: Gabriela Yareliz We near the end of this year. This morning, I came across the words, “Courage, dear heart,” written by C.S. Lewis. Those words came to mean something so much more profound to me this year. I read and held onto them before one of the darkest seasons of my own personal experience.Continue reading “Reflecting on Courage and Rising”

Rise

By: Gabriela Yareliz Despair seems to be as available as the air we breathe. It feels palpable. I see it in the faces of strangers, colleagues, clients. I sense it, too, in those I love. I sense it in myself, at times. The thing about despair is that when we breathe it in, it seemsContinue reading “Rise”

Scars

โ€œOut of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.โ€ Khalil Gibran By: Gabriela Yareliz Have you ever had a dream where everything you fear may never come true becomes reality? When we sit back and look at the things we are afraid of, or the things we hardenContinue reading “Scars”

Secret to Power

By: Gabriela Yareliz Happy 2014 to all of you! ๐Ÿ™‚ It has been lovely to take a long (and well-deserved) break from school. As we start the new year, I thought it would be appropriate to begin by joining the world-wide and annual”Ten Days of Prayer.” At GYC (Generation.Youth.Christ) 2013, there was a seminar heldContinue reading “Secret to Power”

Tony Evans: Faith in a dead situation

Thoughts from Tony Evans. 38 Jesus, intensely moved again, came to the tomb. (Now it was a cave, and a stone was placed across it.) 39 Jesus said, โ€œTake away the stone.โ€ Martha, the sister of the deceased, replied, โ€œLord, by this time the body will have a bad smell, because he has been buriedContinue reading “Tony Evans: Faith in a dead situation”