Author Archives: Leila Peters

In my previous post, I wrote about dealing with prejudice largely within the Body of Christ. Today, I want to delve into tolerance of other belief systems or religions. As Christians, our primary mission from Christ is to bring others into His fold, to go make disciples of ALL nations. (Matthew 28:19-20). It is aContinueContinue reading “Racism or Ignorance (Part 2): Making Disciples of All Nations”

I decided to write about this because it is evident that we are living in an era of a heightened global wave  of “The Fear of The Other”, people who don’t look, think, speak or act like we do. I am not writing this to hastily condemn this feeling, I recognize it as a realContinueContinue reading “Racism or Ignorance? Part 1: Appearance / Culture”

About twenty years ago, I was having an ongoing verbal altercation with a family member that included a series of long-distance calls that left me emotionally worn out after each call. This was happening during a period when I was also having a rough time at work. I would sometimes cry my eyes out after those calls. IContinueContinue reading “Peace, Precious Peace”

Hebrews chapter 11 provides a historical and beautiful treatise on faith. Here is my twenty-point creed of faith based on these words. Faith: My Confident Assurance that What I Hope for Will Happen Fixing my eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of my Faith, I believe that FAITH: Helps me to understand that creation is the workContinueContinue reading “My Faith Mantra”

My vivid imaginations are supposed to be an escape. But since that imaginary conversation with St. Peter, I am reluctant to let them soar too far again!!!!! But hope came soon after. One day while watching a Christian TV program featuring Joyce Meyer, I heard her speak about how we are to put on the ChristianContinueContinue reading “Love (Part 4)”

And this is how I imagine the conversation going with St. Peter at the Pearly Gates: St. Peter: Hello there! Welcome. Let’s keep this concise, as they do at those interviews on earth. Hopefully, you had the chance to engage in rigorous self-examination everyday to see how you were making progress in your life’s journeyContinueContinue reading “Love (Part 3)”

And the questions continue: With all the grace available to me to carry out this precious commandment of loving others, can I truly claim to have tried my best? Have I always sought that grace when I needed it? One day while meditating, I thought about heaven. I figured loving others must be the onlyContinueContinue reading “Love (Part 2)”

Love: This is the four-letter word that makes it so hard to be a Christian! To love as a Christian is to love as Christ loved. To love and pray for those who crucify you on a daily basis? Let’s be honest, it is humanly impossible. Don’t even try it on your own, the failureContinueContinue reading “Love (Part 1)”