by Tony LaMarca | Oct 3, 2017 | Archived
Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any common sharing in The Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of...
by Tony LaMarca | Sep 25, 2017 | Things I'm Learning
Social media, sports talk radio, and news outlets have been mostly filled with polarized perspectives of the NFL, the national anthem, the flag of the United States of America, respect, honor, equality, and our military. Articles and posts about hurricane relief...
by Tony LaMarca | Sep 19, 2017 | Open Journal, Things I'm Learning
I think I give off a vibe of “You’re doing it wrong.” I have to consciously make an effort to not jump into projects that others are working on without being asked for help. It’s not that I think I can do everything better, I just notice little...
by Tony LaMarca | May 17, 2017 | Archived
I said that I would write a follow-up about The Shack after reading the book for myself. Fiction has not been on my reading list for quite some time, and it was not the easiest read for me. I found myself pressing through to read it because I said I would. I...
by Tony LaMarca | Mar 16, 2017 | Archived
Sometimes it is easy to tell the difference between the truth and dangerous lies. Other times, it takes practiced discernment to see the difference. I do not claim to have a highly tuned gift of discernment, but with the help of Scripture and others who have gone...
by Tony LaMarca | Mar 10, 2017 | Discipleship, Open Journal, Prayer
I have been learning and growing in Christ so much over the past few months. I have shared some of that via Facebook Live videos and I am still processing through so much more of it. I’ve had requests to share more videos as a devotional kind of thing,...
by Tony LaMarca | Jan 2, 2017 | Open Journal, Things I'm Learning
“Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.” The Man In Black – The Princess Bride Life is pain. I think most people would agree with the sentiment. Just look around and you will see a broken world filled with pain and...
by Tony LaMarca | Nov 9, 2016 | Open Journal
The world of social media is a hard place to hang around today. Millions of people voted yesterday and most of them have extreme reactions to the outcome. Emotions are running higher than they were before the election. Fear, hatred, anxiety, and disgust intermix...
by Tony LaMarca | Sep 5, 2016 | Things I'm Learning
My family and I recently moved to a farm to be closer to the community that we are in ministry with. One of the things I love about it is the stillness and quietness of living in the country. There is still traffic that drives down the road as well as other...
