What was different about that church that night that made me feel peace and unconditional love? Why did I recover the stolen purse for a rival gang leader’s mom, which led her sons to stop harassing me? How in the...
When I said, “Yes” to the Lord back in 1980, little did I realize it would set a domino effect into motion that would alter the course of my life and destiny. Breaking off my relationship was devastating on a...
Some moments in your life are absolutely pivotal for everything you will become and everything that God has planned for you. My sister, strong in her faith, asked me if I would go to a church service where a man...
The community of the followers of Yeshua experienced a shocking transformation at the time of Yeshua’s death and resurrection. For forty days after the Passover and before Pentecost (Shavuot), during the “counting of the Omer” (Leviticus 23), Yeshua gave instructions...
What in the world do snowflakes have to do with courageous faith in turbulent times? If you look at a random snowflake under a magnifying glass or microscope, you’ll immediately see they are not random at all. Rather, they are...
The old, Hispanic church building on Wilshire Boulevard was only a few minutes away, but it felt like miles. Walking on the sidewalk nearing the building’s parking lot, I began noticing people I‘d seen around the neighborhood. All the while,...
In 1980, I loved with two men, neither of which was Marcus Lamb. I had not met him yet, but the Lord would totally set me up. The first of those two men was Jesus. Now when I say that...
As I was growing in the gang, my sister was living her own life. She had her own friends. She was focused and strong, smart, studious, and beautiful. Guys in the neighborhood around us would call out to her, sweet...
Everything starts with God’s heart as a Father and His love for us. He wanted to create a family with real children made in His image (Genesis 1:26). There had to be a divine pattern for human beings in the...
