by Janina Marie Rivera | Apr 27, 2021 | Blog
Even as a child, I loved looking up at the sky. Afternoons would find me imagining fluffy clouds in different shapes: alligators, dogs, rabbits… you name it. When rain fell, I’d marvel at how dark the sky turned. If beautiful rainbows followed, I’d be overjoyed! At...
by Janina Marie Rivera | Apr 13, 2021 | Blog
And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”...
by Janina Marie Rivera | Apr 6, 2021 | Blog
Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had...
by Janina Marie Rivera | Mar 23, 2021 | Blog
“If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, while the rest of you go and take grain back for your starving households.” Genesis 42:19 Joseph’s life was filled with injustice and pain. He was sold as a slave by his own brothers, an act that...
by Janina Marie Rivera | Mar 16, 2021 | Blog
“When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.” Genesis 37:4 When we look at the story of Joseph and the reason why his brothers hated him, we realize just how dangerous envy is. It...
by Janina Marie Rivera | Mar 8, 2021 | Blog
Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her.Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live....
