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What story defines your life?

Society is going through many crises that are seriously affecting the quality of life of people around the world. Even months after the elections, there are still many tensions in the area of ​​politics and government, h ere in the US, in many of our countries of origin, and in the international sphere. We see on TV horrible scenes of chemical weapons attacks in Syria, provocations by the North Korean government, and tensions with Russia. In the social sphere, very delicate and conflicting issues are being discussed that keep the country divided: firearms control, immigration, religious tolerance, access to health care, economics, and threats of war, among others. And as if this was not enough, there are also everyday problems, from which it seems no one can escape. Crises at home, marriages that wobble (and many divorces), problems in work, finances, and / or illnesses not expected. When you talk to people, and they share with your their anxieties and worries, in most cases

¿Qué Historia define tu Vida?

Lee Lucas 24:1-9 | La sociedad está pasando por muchas crisis que están afectando seriamente la calidad de vida de muchas personas alrededor del mundo. Aun meses luego de las elecciones, todavía hay muchas tensiones en el ámbito de la política y el gobierno. Aquí en los EU, en muchos de nuestros paises de origen, y en la esfera internacional. Vemos en la televisión escenas horribles de ataques con armas químicas en Siria, provocaciones de parte del gobierno de Corea del Norte, tensiones e interrogantes con Rusia. En la esfera social, se están discutiendo temas muy delicados y conflictivos que mantienen al país dividido: que si el control de armas, la inmigración, la tolerancia religiosa, el acceso al cuidado de salud, la economía, y las amenazas de guerra, entre otros.   Y como si esto no fuera suficiente, también están los problemas cotidianos, de los que parece nadie se puede escapar. Crisis en los hogares, matrimonios que se tambalean (y muchos divorcios), problemas en el

Believe

Read: John 11: 17-27 | Ezekiel 37: 1-14 During the season of Lent this year, the Christian lectionary (a set of guided Scripture readings mostly used by Catholic and Protestant churches), has taken us to consider different important moments of Jesus' ministry through the stories we find in the Bible in the Gospel according to John. Something very peculiar about the stories that John shares with us is that he tells us much of Jesus' ministry through the encounters Jesus had with different people, just like you and me. Through these different encounters we can learn very special and important things about who Jesus is and what He can be for us, if we believe. For example, the encounter of Jesus with a Samaritan woman at the well, reveals, among many other things, that Jesus is the water that quenches our spiritual thirst once and for all. The moment when Jesus miraculously fed more than five thousand people, reveals the He is the bread that feeds our hunger. The time w