by Tony LaMarca | Nov 24, 2019 | Sermons
Have you noticed that the first thing nearly everyone asks when they are getting to know you is “What do you do?” I guess it makes sense. If you sleep 8 hrs. every night and work 40 hrs. per week, then one third of your time awake is spent at work. What we...
by Tony LaMarca | Sep 11, 2019 | Open Journal
Certain events have a way of changing our perspective on things. The birth of your first child makes you aware of so many more dangers in the world. When your child is old enough to drive and becoming an adult, you start to see her differently. She’ll always be...
by Tony LaMarca | Aug 15, 2019 | Things I'm Learning
Have you ever found yourself struggling with what you believe? It might not have been a full-blown existential crisis, but you questioned your faith. Maybe your conversations with peers led you to be more open to ideas that you used to be adamantly against....
by Tony LaMarca | Jun 26, 2019 | Open Journal, Things I'm Learning
I recently finished a book called #iAmWorthIt: The Wishful Thinking of an Ignorant Man-child by Matt Luecht. Amazon describes it as an “…honest look at one man’s heart-journey in pursuit of an infinite and profound God. It is a transparent account of...
by Tony LaMarca | Jun 19, 2019 | Discipleship
I asked Jesus to come into my heart in kindergarten at a Christian school. Did that mean I was saved? It’s hard to remember much from that long ago. I remember I liked the little girl who always stood in front of me in line. Math facts were a chore for me to...
by Tony LaMarca | May 28, 2019 | Open Journal
I wasn’t feeling well this past weekend, but it was my week to bring the message at church. I knew it was going to be a message that someone needed to hear, because I needed to hear it myself. But, I did not expect to get the number of personal responses that I...
by Tony LaMarca | May 17, 2019 | Original Music
I recently started writing songs based on The Lord’s Prayer. I am captivated by the fact that the Bible does not record the disciples asking Jesus to teach them anything other than how to pray. They asked why they could heal in a certain case. A couple of them...
by Tony LaMarca | May 7, 2019 | Prayer
In January, 2013, three men took a weekend away to seek God together in prayer. Their goal was to pray for their leaders, families, and each other. I’ve been thinking about that prayer retreat lately, and dug into the blog archives to read what I had written. It was...
by Tony LaMarca | May 3, 2019 | Prayer
I didn’t see much on Facebook about the National Day of Prayer yesterday. Is prayer still an important part of the lives of Christ followers? I don’t want to read into what Facebook’s algorithms decided I should see yesterday, but I get the...
