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I love symbolism. A lion expresses courage and power. A dove represents peace and the Holy Spirit. The number four denotes man, the number three, God: so man and God united give us seven—the perfect number.
When the Jews were in the wilderness, God instituted the wearing of blue tassels on the…
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Ana Maria Crocker De Diaz is a member of the General Board representing the Mexico and Central America (MAC) Region. Ana Maria serves as Nazarene Missions International (NMI) coordinator for the MAC Region and as MAC representative on the General NMI Council. Growing up in San Geronimo and…
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Where were you born and raised?
I was born in Coos Bay, Oregon, raised in John Day, Oregon.
What would you most likely be doing if you weren't a missionary?
I'd be on a ranch. Where and how that would be, I haven't been asked yet.
Greatest fear?
Being cramped in a Russian built Tupolov 146…
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Liliana Radi is a missionary on the South America (SAM) Region. She works in the regional office as legal representative of the Church of the Nazarene in Argentina and as regional Nazarene Missions International coordinator. Her late husband, Bruno Radi, was director of the SAM Region. She has four…
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During my graduate studies I was honored to serve for several months as valet and personal secretary to Dr. E. Stanley Jones. My time with this 87-year-old veteran Methodist missionary was a life-changing experience.
I asked Brother Stanley, as he preferred to be called, "What is the greatest…
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“It’s not the notes you play; it’s the notes you don’t play.” This quote from the great jazz trumpet player Miles Davis is a reminder that good music includes strategic times of rest. Without rests in music, songs are nothing more than a jumble of sound.
Just like music, God created us with a need…
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Come with us to Cali, Colombia, to the Casa de Oración (House of Prayer) Church of the Nazarene. In March 2004, we preached to over 3,000 people, but this past March we worshipped in four services with nearly 6,000 happy Colombians. How is God moving?
Children and Youth:
On Saturday night we…
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Pristine, orderly Germany and homelessness don't usually merge in the same image. Yet, in the southern outskirts of Berlin, along a quiet village road just yards from where a wall once severed East from West, lies ICHTHYS, an unusual Nazarene Compassionate Ministry, a center for homeless men and…
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As a pastor, I get to meet a lot of interesting people. I have an Over-the-Road (OTR) trucker who is new to our church family. I wanted to spend some time getting to know him better, so I decided to join him on the job one day. Seven hours in the cab of a truck allows for some good conversations!…
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The mission of the people called Nazarenes is "to make Christlike disciples in the nations." In Matthew 28:18-20 Jesus said:
All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the…