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Imagine a history in which the heroes of your childhood are the very uncles and father you see each day. Imagine a land in which toilet paper is a luxury item. Imagine the irony of having a pocket full of money but nothing to buy. Imagine having the tenacity to be the best student in your class,…
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On January 25 at 12:13 P.M., the United Airlines Boeing 777 lifted off at Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C., to fly to Tokyo.
On board was a Work and Witness team of seven men and five women from the Gaithersburg, Maryland, Church of the Nazarene. They would change to Japan Airlines in Tokyo, and…
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Dhariana Balbuena was born and raised in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. She serves as Spanish Caribbean Field secretary and Nazarene Youth International (NYI) coordinator. Balbuena is also child development coordinator for the Caribbean Region, and active in her local church as a Sunday…
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Tom Nees, former Nazarene Compassionate Ministries and USA/Canada Mission/Evangelism director, was once asked, "How did you know that God was calling you to start Community of Hope?" Nees simply responded: "I couldn't not do it."
In the 1970s, Nees began Community of Hope, an urban church in…
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A current commercial for a credit card company asks the question, "What's in your wallet?" The company uses various scenarios to illustrate the idea that if you do not have its credit card in your wallet, you are living beneath your privileges because this card has so many advantages over the…
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Where were you born and raised?
I was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and moved to Hialeah, Florida (northwest Miami), as a teenager.
Favorite childhood memory?
Giving a yellow canary to my sister for Christmas. I was so happy. She was not!
Did you have an "aha" moment in your youth that…
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On March 11, 2007, the Church of the Nazarene in Japan celebrated 100 years of ministry in a magnificent display of appreciation for its heritage, and with great expectation for the future.
During the past century, Japan has undergone drastic economic and social changes that have been accompanied…
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Alexander Pope is credited with the proverb, “Hope springs eternal in the human heart.” Though this adage is often applied to earthly and statistically hopeless pursuits, like winning a sweepstakes or finding lost treasure, I believe the philosopher had a more heavenly and eternal view in mind when…
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My mouth was dry . . . my palms were sweating . . . I wasn't sure I really wanted to do this—but before I knew it, I was on my feet. My pastor, Fleming Parmer, immediately pointed in my direction and called my name. It was too late to back out now. Over the deafening thud of my own pounding heart,…
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John was in exile for his fidelity to the Word of God, and his faithful testimony to Jesus Christ. The place was Patmos; that sterile, desolate island in the Egean Sea. He, seated near the rocky shore, looking toward Ephesus and Smyrna, was in the Spirit when he heard behind him a great voice.…