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2026-04-28T16:32:49-04:00

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Assessing the Authenticity of our Worship

Last updated on: April 28, 2026 at 4:32 pm By Lee Ann B. Marino

It’s easy to look at the plethora of religious choices and wonder why worship matters. It’s not uncommon to meet devotees of differing groups who try to get out of honoring their deities. Whether it’s avoiding trips to a temple to make offerings, avoiding Sunday church attendance, skipping out on the Jewish High Holy Days, or avoiding Ramadan fasts, there are people of all belief systems who seem to live ordinary lives while skipping out on spiritual devotion. Many claim... Read more

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2026-04-20T01:19:02-04:00

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Four Things to Remember When You Need a Sign from God

Last updated on: April 20, 2026 at 1:19 am By Lee Ann B. Marino

In 2003, The pop rock group Train’s album My Private Nation went platinum due to the hit song, Calling All Angels. Listening to the soulful sounds and powerful lyrics help us realize why the song was a hit, even many years later. Echoing the often empty despair of society, the group’s words request a sign from God as the world around them grows colder and more confusing. Looking around today, I can definitely agree the world often feels much as... Read more

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2026-04-20T00:52:21-04:00

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Addressing Your Issues While There’s Still Time

Last updated on: April 20, 2026 at 12:52 am By Lee Ann B. Marino

Human nature can be a funny thing. We are often quick to look at the problems and issues of others. We ignore our own. Worse yet, we sometimes make our issues noble or spiritual (when they are anything but that). Addressing your issues can be a challenging and difficult task, especially when it feels like others get away with things or you must face uncomfortable things in the process. Don’t despair! God has given great words about addressing your issues,... Read more

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2026-05-11T10:19:05-04:00

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A Tribute to Spiritual Mothers for Mother’s Day

Last updated on: May 11, 2026 at 10:19 am By Lee Ann B. Marino

Several years ago, someone suggested I do a sermon titled, “Don’t Mess With Mama!” I couldn’t resist finding a way to bring the phrase to Scriptural depth.What I found in the process was the way many women in the Bible became “spiritual mothers” to those with whom they had no biological connection. It made me contemplate on my own life and ministry. I recalled many spiritual mothers of my own, including my junior high religion teacher, the woman who first... Read more

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2026-04-13T01:55:37-04:00

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Embracing God’s Sound of Silence

Last updated on: April 13, 2026 at 1:55 am By Lee Ann B. Marino

Once awhile ago, I had a conversation with someone that went something like most of the conversations I have when I someone who thinks they are a “prophet:” They introduce themselves. They are a little all-too-eager to tell me what they do and what they are called to do. They then feel the need to try and give me a “word.” Over many years of discernment and many years of watching a steady decline in the quality of what we... Read more

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2026-02-13T01:13:29-05:00

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Christian Unity is About More Than Agreeing on Every Point

Last updated on: February 13, 2026 at 1:13 am By Lee Ann B. Marino

When Senator John McCain died in 2018, news programs shifted from whatever they were talking about to a thorough commentary on his life and work.They spoke on his experiences as a prisoner of war, American politician, and in a unique interest, his ability to work with those who did not always share his beliefs and values. There were detailed accounts of the ways in which he worked with liberals and Democrats alike, seeing different viewpoints. He was known for facilitating... Read more

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2026-02-10T01:32:47-05:00

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How to Identify if You are a Hindrance in Your Faith

Last updated on: February 10, 2026 at 1:32 am By Lee Ann B. Marino

I never paid much attention to Acts 8 until I prepared for baptism in Jesus’ Name. This was many years back, when I was hook, line, and sinker figuring out my way as a Oneness Pentecostal. The focus was the baptism in Jesus’ Name (which I noticed, of course). However, another part of that passage that jumped out at me. It remains with me today: What doth hinder me to be baptized? In other words, what stops – hinders or... Read more

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2026-04-08T23:09:28-04:00

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Walking the Fine Line Between the Ordinary and Extraordinary

Last updated on: April 8, 2026 at 11:09 pm By Lee Ann B. Marino

When we are called by God and anointed for His purpose, we walk the fine line between the ordinary and the extraordinary. We pursue spiritual things while still living and walking in this world. As people, we still desire things. Coupled with spiritual pursuits, we walk a fine line between what we may seek as individuals and the many things we seek spiritually. People who haven’t had real intense experience with spiritual things don’t always understand the experience. They might... Read more

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2026-02-01T16:50:46-05:00

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The Dark Night of the Soul: A Study in Psalm 22

Last updated on: February 1, 2026 at 4:50 pm By Lee Ann B. Marino

The Christian life is full of many different experiences.While many Christians believe their walk with God should always work out according to plan, Christian life isn’t quite that simple. Christian believers experience blessing, praise, favor, victory, and grace as a part of their walk. They also experience rejection, silence, persecution, frustration, misunderstanding, loneliness, and anger. While we hear much about how to handle the good Christians experience and never walk away from God in the good times, we hear little... Read more

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2026-02-01T20:03:52-05:00

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Be a Woman (or Minister) who Helps Your Sister Heal

Last updated on: February 1, 2026 at 8:03 pm By Lee Ann B. Marino

It was Sojourner Truth who said, “If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again!” Hearing this quotation both inspires and pales in the face of thousands of years’ worth of Christian tradition. Women’s ministry doesn’t often focus on reconciling women back to women. Instead, it encourages women often to assume a place... Read more

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