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About eig

I post about my relationship with the Triune God as He has revealed Himself in The Holy Scriptures, the Bible. Escribo sobre lo que estoy aprendiendo de mi relación con mi Padre Dios, Dios Trino, tal como se ha revelado en las Sagradas Escrituras, la Biblia. Follower of Jesus. Husband. Father. Teacher. Pastor. Salvadorean by birth, Hispanic-American. Amateur Runner. Bibliophile. Seguidor de Jesús, esposo, papá, pastor, nacido en el Salvador, hispano-americano, corredor amateur y bibliófila. https://about.me/despond

Breaking the dysfunction of men in Hispanic culture

In my previous post I talked about machismo and how its effects have affected not only the image, the role of men as fathers and husbands but also the effect on the family. As I mentioned in that post, my wish is that as Hispanics we can see the origin of the dysfunction and its […]

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Rompiendo la disfunción de los hombres en la cultura hispana: ¿Cómo debe ser un hombre?

En mi publicación anterior hablé sobre el machismo y cómo sus efectos a afectado no solo la imagen, el rol de los hombres como papás y esposos sino también el efecto en la familia. Como mencioné en esa publicación, mi deseo es que como hispanos podamos ver el origen de la disfunción y sus efectos, […]

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Machismo, hombres y padres en la cultura hispana

Machismo, hombres y padres en la cultura hispana Crecí sin padre. He expresado algunas ideas sobre esto en varias de mis publicaciones.[1] Mirando mi propia experiencia, mi concepto de padre era, en el mejor de los casos, neutral. En otras palabras, no tenía idea de lo que era un padre hasta que fui adolescente en […]

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Machismo, Men and Fathers in Hispanic Culture

Machismo, Men and Fathers in Hispanic Culture I grew up without a father. I have expressed some thoughts about this in several of my posts. Looking at my own experience, my concept of a father was at best neutral. In other words, I had no idea what a father was until I was a teen […]

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Encouraging myself

Encouraging myself Some think that saying things good about ourselves especially to others is considered being proud, overconfident, narcissistic, or other. Similarly, expressing the good things other say about us, is also considered a sort of arrogance. But I think there is genuine value for us to encourage ourselves. Yes, there is a line between […]

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Thoughts

Thoughts I search but I can’t find the ending I want, so, I’m left with the thoughts of why I should live with them they’re not really mine they follow me but I didn’t ask them to I shoo them away they leave for a while then come back again I’m getting older and so […]

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Jeremiah’s Calling as a Prophet

God spoke to Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1) when he was probably 16-18 yrs. of age. This was his formal “calling to be prophet. He would serve as prophet for over 40 yrs. His service would be marked as “unsuccessful” from the human point of view. He had no converts except his Scribe and a servant. No […]

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La Generación Sabelotodo

Crecí antes de la llegada de la Red (“ World Wide Web”) o Internet. Mi primera experiencia fue como un joven adulto casado usando el método de acceso telefónico. No era genial entonces. Las cosas han progresado mucho en cuanto a lo que podemos hacer hoy en día. Esto ha dado lugar a la generación […]

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Entrevista: Siendo una Iglesia Multiétnica

En este último segmento el pastor Edgar comparte sobre la misión que tenemos de ser una iglesia multiétnica.

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The DIY Generation

I grew up before the advent of the world wide web or the internet. My first experience was as a young married adult using the dial-up method. It wasn’t great then. Things have progressed so much as far as what we can do nowadays. This has given rise to the DIY generation. The generation that […]

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