Stephen De La Vega

Dig Deeper – Draw Nearer – Grow Fonder

Rhino

Goliath!
Facing the giants in our lives

Cold, bumpy stone

Stone Cold Truth…
Honor the King or bury His truth

A Gift for Jesus
He deserves our best gifts


  • Do We Value Others?(Post 2 of 5)

    Do We Value Others?
    (Post 2 of 5)

                           Violence        Rage         Manslaughter      Murder                                  …

  • The Most Important Life Pursuits(Post 1 of 5)

    The Most Important Life Pursuits
    (Post 1 of 5)

    I’ve been a Christian for 40 years and I was not always productive. I put time and resources into things that were not that important. I should’ve spent my days on more worthwhile endeavors…for life on this earth and for…

  • Embrace Difficulty in the Promise of Christmas

    Embrace Difficulty in the Promise of Christmas

    Christmas may be a little different this year. The Christmas season may always be hard for some of us, but this year that may be true for many more because 2020 was a difficult year, and Christmas may not seem…

  • Thankful In 2020 (God Is My God)

    Thankful In 2020 (God Is My God)

    2020 has been a year of change, difficulty, loss, and unrest. Thankfulness is not in that list, but we are thankful – we try to be, anyway – because God is our God. This post is an autobiographical review of…

  • I Had COVID-19

    I Had COVID-19

    COVID-19 hit us like a giant brick. Its presence changed the world. It disrupted our lives. Many of us were hit hard. How can our everyday normal be so overturned by something we can’t even see!? It’s my pleasure to…

  • Shaking Ground

    Shaking Ground

    “Life is a mess.”“Things are spiraling out of control.”“We’re at our wit’s end.”“Nothing we’ve tried seems to work.” These are phrases we use when life becomes unmanageable. But we don’t usually express them as a nation, or worse, as a…

  • Live Justified

    Live Justified

    Last week I wrote about injustice and anger that boils within. Today, I share a story about justification that was framed from injustice. It’s a story that many of us have heard in some fashion – a story that I…

  • I’m Boiling. May I Erupt?

    I’m Boiling. May I Erupt?

    I started writing this post before the killing of George Floyd. We were still grieving Ahmaud Arbery’s senseless murder. We cry, “Enough is enough.” We wonder when this wretched devaluing of life and livelihood will end. And we are justifiably…

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