Random Act of Kindness by Shirley Surtani Gomez
Shirley Gomez
It was thirteen years ago that a beautiful, loving, and effervescent seven-year-old daughter asked her mother to go to church. She had mentioned going to church before, but this time she really wanted to go. Little did I know that what she wanted was going to change all of our lives, especially mine. Passover, Good…
Our small backyard was like a jungle. The greenery behind the pool was out of control and I didn’t dare venture into the sea of trees and bushes. I had no idea what critters were roaming in there. So, while I was away on a ministry trip this week, the landscapers came and trimmed it…
How do we love God more? How do we have heart for God like King David had? King David was known as a man after God’s own heart, but yet he was an adulterer, a murderer and an absentee dad. So why would Scripture paint him in such a positive light? Here are four reasons….
Do you label people for the bad they’ve done—or the good? Most of us remember the disciple, Peter, for the fact that he denied Jesus three times in the courtyard as Jesus stood trial. Here’s the account: “One of the servant girls who worked for the high priest came by and noticed Peter warming himself…
A college friend texted me this week. Mary Ann and I have many similarities. We are both in ministry, were athletes in college, in the same sorority. We also shared some of the same friends—but it was our fatherlessness that was probably the glue to our friendship. We understood each other’s loss. Her text noted…
Do you remember playing the game of “tag” when you were a child? I remember it being stressful because you were chased by someone who was “it.” If they touched you, you were then “it.” But there was always home base. If you felt like you were about to be tagged, you could race back…