Where Jesus Is "For me it was shocking to arrive at the city square where we do "Street Church" and see the reality of those people. Children sniffing "sho...
Rain season In Recife we have two seasons - 9 months of summer, and 3 months of rain. Monsoon season is a little cooler than the rest of the year in No...
On the Shore I’ve never been far from the church. At three weeks old, I was baptized in the congregation where I learned what love and support looked lik...
Holiday Sunday morning: backpack ready, paint cans and enthusiasm for doing something new. Without knowing exactly what awaited us, we left the Shor...
Being Naked There is a level of intimacy that words can not express. This connection of intimacy between two persons that allows one to know the other i...
Blessings Go With You After six years serving Shores of Grace here in Recife Luke, Alisan and their kids are moving back to Philadelphia next week to start a ...
Art at Bethany Vila During the transitional months between first and second year of theBethel School of Supernatural Ministry (BSSM), I had the opportunity ...
Giving Tuesday There are two days dedicated to spending lots of money on 'stuff': Black Friday and Cyber Monday. At least, here in America, I know that's t...
Our Everyday Anxiety Most of us have said the phrase, "I'm so anxious!" or something similar several times in our lives. There are many ways to describe how we f...
NIKITA’S TESTIMONY I heard of Shores of Grace two days before I arrived at their base in Recife. The call to anti-human trafficking awoke in my heart years pre...
SOAKING Worship is lifestyle. I've heard this statement many times and numerous. In the church I heard that all my life. I heard that worship is not...
KINGDOM AND CULTURE What is culture? The etymology for the word culture, among other definitions, is an integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behav...
