AUTUMN RAIN: THE UNFORGETTABLE PROMISE OF SUSTENANCEWritten by Pastor Carmela E. HeadThe Renewal CenterThe season of yielding much fruit and vegetables is here!  The bounty of apples, pumpkins, and big baskets or barrels of abundance are evident everywhere reminding us of harvest and plentitude.With Autumn comes a promise of harvest.  With the Autumn rain comes a promise of refreshing from the sco...  Read More

Right PassageWritten by Pastor Carmela E. HeadThe Renewal CenterWhat a memory!  I clearly remember traveling along on the road during a vacation on my way to a destination I had never been.  While casually driving, enjoying the serenity of the view around me and enjoying the quietness, all of a sudden, as I was in the middle of a five-lane highway with multiple signs approaching leading in every d...  Read More

“Seasons of Renewal”The season of Spring is upon us.  Look around your environment and take note of the changes emerging.  Trees are budding and in some place’s daffodils are blooming.  Daylight hours are now longer after turning the clocks ahead, providing time for more sunlight.  Something is happening in the earth during this time of renewal. The season of winter has passed and there is an awak...  Read More

"God’s Love Renews”Each year in February millions of people in this country celebrate a special day that is set aside to show love. Valentine's Day has been celebrated for centuries in honor of a Catholic priest who was martyred in 270 BC. The day was named in his honor, and it is commemorated on February 14th.  Many people send cards and flowers to their loved ones to show love. It is a wonderful...  Read More

How You Show Up Matters… Most people do not leave the house without looking in a mirror. Ladies are definitely going to look in the mirror multiple times a day before walking out of the door. We do this because our appearance matters. Well, if it’s important to ensure we are well groomed and properly dressed each day before we go out in public, how much more important is it for us to be prepared t...  Read More

Type your new text here. By Pastor Carmela E. HeadIn junior high school and in high school, I participated in basketball, track, and field. For those who have done the same, I know that you can relate to the vigorous practices and the weekly games. For basketball, the sound of the whistle inaugurated the commencement of a new game. The ball was tossed into the air for a jump shot, and we were off!...  Read More

Marching Orders:  To Sights ForeknownBy Pastor Carmela E. HeadThe Renewal CenterNoah.  I remember hearing and learning of the Bible story of Noah’s ark when I was a little girl. The picture of the enormous rugged and rustic wooden ark always seems to come up in mind when I think of that story.  The most vivid picture has always been the animals entering the ark two by two.  I even remembered singi...  Read More

Written by Pastor Carmela E. HeadThere is something about the breaking of day.  The most anticipated welcoming of the day; that all perpetual beautiful sunrise.  It does not matter where you live or where you are, we all get to wake up to an incomparable beam of light that radiates and warms everything it touches.Light opens the way.  It illuminates.  Candles, lanterns, lamps all have one thing in...  Read More

The Place in the MiddleSeeking God In The MeantimeBy Pastor Carmela E. HeadThe Renewal CenterWe all seem to know that one person who seems to have a knack for patience.  It seems that they have been given an extra ounce of grace in the area of tolerance.  I know several people who exercise a great level of calmness while waiting for answers.  That is sometimes a great place to be: “cool, calm and ...  Read More

DAYBREAK MANNAAwakening To The Mysteries of GodWritten by Pastor Carmela E. HeadThe Renewal CenterThere’s something very refreshing that happens at daybreak; that new sound that comes from the free-flying birds chirping a new melody, a hushing of the wind that greets us at the door, a subtle brightness that sweeps across the morning sky, or perhaps a calm that settles within the neighborhood. Noth...  Read More

Type your new text here. What’s With The Stain?Written by Pastor Carmela E. HeadThe Renewal Center“What is with this stain? I can’t seem to get it out!”  Sounds familiar doesn’t it?  I can remember countless times when I have purchased a garment only to find an ingrained stain that is far beyond removing.  Have you experienced this?  I am very sure we all have encountered such frustration where we...  Read More

Cain’s Children: Watch Them Dogs! By Glenn Thomas Walter, M.C.Ed, PhDThe enemy’s old trick employed against Cain in Genesis 4:8 is still effective. The adversary takes our sensory perceptions and turns them against us, making us envious of others.When Cain observed his brother Abel and saw how God was blessing him, Cain became furious that God had the audacity to bless Abel and not him. Cain knew ...  Read More