I've always thought of her as Victory Fort's secret weapon. She makes all of us pastors look good. Mae Perez runs the Worship Services group at the Fort. She is the forerunner who slowly developed the initial systems and…  Continue reading...

The Sun is the largest thing the naked eye can see from the earth. It is no wonder it has often been looked upon as deity. The Egyptians had a god named Ra - "the Sun god" - one they looked upon as second in rank only to…  Continue reading...

A movie that disturbs and gets you thinking. What made Hunger Games so popular? Its reality TV on steroids. It has the outwit, outlast, outplay of Survivor, the thrills of Fear Factor, the conspiracies of Big Brother, the…  Continue reading...

In the last few years Zumba has zoomed to the top of the fitness world, whether that's in North America, Europe, Asia and where it all began in South America - Zumba is blazing everywhere. Based in Miami in the United States…  Continue reading...

Saw this post on facebook of Joseph comfortably napping on the edge of Mount Pulo and thought "What in the world...?" Oh, well I guess boys will be boys.   Then I saw this picture with his wife perched on this mountain…  Continue reading...

Growing up Marie and I made it a point not to miss any of the boy's birthdays but with the boys grown and Joe married and all the traveling everyone is doing it is increasingly getting hard to celebrate birthdays together. Thankfully…  Continue reading...

My grandmother once told me "Joey you need to take Sabbaths. Rest your mind, emotions and body and enjoy a time with God. If you don't take a Sabbath God has built it in to nature that you will have one. It's called a forced…  Continue reading...

Back in the 1980s when our boys were little, the Murrells - Steve and Deborah and their three sons William, James and Jonathan and our family with our three boys Joseph, David and Joshua had countless Sunday lunches together,…  Continue reading...

  After being gone for 12 days from Africa, I was cramming for my message for tomorrow's Sunday services. It's one am and jetlag has set in. Marie took this picture from her iphone - Vito didn't want to leave my side, hugging…  Continue reading...

Last day in Cape Town - was hosted by Pastor Carlton Julies and his wife Yolanda. I have known Carlton and Yolanda for many years now and deeply respect him as a friend and minister of the Gospel of Christ. Carlton and I…  Continue reading...