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Upon completion of a church service, my husband Paul and I were returning home and stopped at a buffet restaurant for our meal. I surveyed the place and noted the numerous tables of hot food, two grills going, and a salad bar with chilled plates that felt like they had been left outside on this…
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As we celebrate our denominational Centennial, we honor every courageous, innovative, Nazarene leader who gave visionary creativity to the church they loved. They "invented" Alabaster offerings, Work and Witness, and Bible quizzing, among many other creations. However, the new plans presented by…
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A cold misty rain blew that morning in San Antonio as I boarded the plane with a heavy heart, heading for the East coast. Never having flown alone, I was apprehensive. I was grateful for the courtesy of the flight attendant when I handed her my boarding pass and made my way to the window seat near…
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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…