by Tony LaMarca | Aug 12, 2009 | Archived
Sometimes I try to wait a story out before posting it. This is not one of those stories. It’s hard, rough, unfinished, and dangerous (at least to me). Continue at your own risk. Do you ever feel certain a nudge? Maybe it’s to lend an ear to a friend in...
by Tony LaMarca | Aug 3, 2009 | Archived
Jesus, Help me to put all of my trust in You. Send Your Spirit as The Marvelous Light to guide and direct me. Give me wisdom to discern not only Your calling for me, but also the “simpler” things in my life. Keep me and my family safe as we strive to...
by Tony LaMarca | Jul 30, 2009 | Archived
My family vacation this year led us to Silver Lake in Oceana County, Michigan. I went to lead worship for a high school camp and the rest of the time we did “vacation stuff” like dune hiking, swimming at the beach, building sand castles, etc. When I look...
by Tony LaMarca | Jul 28, 2009 | Archived
Today is my first full day back at work after our family vacation to Michigan and I can describe the day in 3 words… “I am exhausted.” I had been feeling quite refreshed from the vacation but today I realized that in one week I forgot what...
by Tony LaMarca | Jul 18, 2009 | Archived
I am leaving for vacation in 10 hours. Before I leave I just wanted to follow up on a post from my friend, Ted Deitrick. What he is going through is yet another reminder to me that I need to step it up. For the longest time I went through life, school, and work only...
by Tony LaMarca | Jul 16, 2009 | Archived
Our discussion this week at our staff devotions was about prayer, specifically prayer that gets answers. To sum up the discussion, effective prayer requires praise. If that doesn’t make sense to you, let me break it down, starting with faith. Without faith,...
by Tony LaMarca | Jul 15, 2009 | Archived
This past weekend, one of our younger worship leaders shared part of his testimony before leading the song “Surrender.” In that moment, he said something that struck me and has been hitting me ever since. He used to be in love with worshiping...
by Tony LaMarca | Jul 13, 2009 | Archived
Not to long ago, I linked to the blog for a mission trip to Nicaragua. That trip stretched and grew our students and leaders, and each of the students I have talked to that went on the trip is practically a new person. This week, another group of students and leaders...
by Tony LaMarca | Jul 11, 2009 | Archived
It’s no hidden fact that I’ve been searching for answers to questions like “what is my calling?” and “am I really where I’m supposed to be?” Until today, I was leaning towards just sticking with where I am right now and...
