Pastor Danny Velez

How often do you regret your words, as I often do? Are there people even now who are hurt or angry because of something you said? You may say, “Oh, but that’s just the way I am! I’m always saying the wrong thing!” Yet Scripture clearly states that an abusive tongue is not under the…

A few weeks ago, May 20 to be precise. I joined the Chapel Oaks choir for the Choral Fest at the New Haven church.  There were so many weeks of practice that preceded the day of performance.  Donna McMillen displayed amazing patience with me and others as we tried to learn our parts. In the…

Professor MacDonald, of a university in Glasgow, Scotland, and a Scottish chaplain were captured by the Germans in World War II. For some reason, McDonald was put into the American compound, while the Scottish chaplain was put in the British compound. A high wire fence separated the two compounds. Unknown to the German guards, the…

When you are in trouble where do you turn to for help?  Some of us still turn to our parents, even though we have not lived with them for decades. Some turn to friends.  In todays connective society some will turn to “Social Influencers”. People we never met or spoken to but we follow on our…

I once read a story that Bill Driver wrote in the Bulletin Digest in 2001. It is the story of a junior in high school called Christine. Her parents had moved earlier that year to make a better life for the family. It worked. They were much better off finically this year than they were…

I was sitting in an elder’s training course that the Southern Union was offering.  The instructor, Ron Halvorsen Sr., was sharing one of his sermons as our devotional that Sunday morning. To say that my mind was a little distracted during this worship would be an understatement. I was undergoing huge turmoil in my life,…