by osqueza | Dec 11, 2014 | Blog
We were living in Bolivia when the terrorists struck on September 11, 2001. I decided to check the internet before heading out the door for the morning, only to discover a plane had crashed into one of the World Trade Center towers in New York. Imagining it was a...
by osqueza | Dec 11, 2014 | Blog
Our church received a grant from the county for a community garden back in the spring. The program is for non-profits, schools, and other organizations for the purpose of working together and providing a more nutritious, cleaner diet. This idea was birthed from a man...
by osqueza | Dec 11, 2014 | Blog
“An excellent wife, who can find? Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.” – Proverbs 31:10, 23 Linda has been my wife of 48 years. What a blessing she has been to me and over 40 years of pastoral ministry. We just passed our...
by osqueza | Dec 11, 2014 | Blog
Over the last several years, I have been captivated by the armor of God teaching in Ephesians 6. Part of it is the great battle imagery that comes to mind when I read about the helmet, shield, sword, etc. What boy hasn’t been enamored by the notion of donning a...
by osqueza | Dec 11, 2014 | Blog
This week we celebrate Thanksgiving Day, an annual holiday since 1863 when, in the midst of a Civil War, President Lincoln called on the people of this nation to set aside the last Thursday of November “as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who...
by osqueza | Nov 20, 2014 | Blog
As an introvert, I have found that I prefer to avoid working with groups at all cost. I enjoy being left to myself as I study or serve God. I like to think that I can do it all by myself. However, as a pastor I am learning that I need several people involved to help....
