Manny Rivera

Sunday’s Notes

A few people have asked me for my notes from last Sunday.  It was the last message of the IMPACT INITIATIVE SERIES. I can now officially declare, in regards to 2011, “We are on our way! “ Our assignment this year, as a church, is to build a culture of prayer, reaching...

Prayer Doesn’t Change Things

Nothing encourages a pastor more than knowing that His church is falling in love with prayer.  God is impacting Impact Church through prayer.  This morning we had 40+ callers on our prayer conference call.  The Spirit of faith is ever-increasing and we are about to...

A Hollywood Disappointment

I’ve concluded that the movie industry has caused us to embrace a paradigm of desiring to live life in highlights. A movie has a way of combining days, weeks or years into a 2-hour drama or action-packed series of events.  And those are the best movies; regardless of...

Judging…

I’m spending the whole day and most of the night at the International Dance Intensive. My children and their dance company are competing.  As I stated in earlier entries, these moments are invaluable.  I’m enjoying seeing my children on the big stage dancing their...

Why I’m Blogging…

For those that have recently subscribed to Pasatormanny.com and are wondering why I’m numbering my blogs entries, let me explain. It’s a discipline that I’ve created and a goal I want to achieve this year.  I’m attempting to post, a minimum, 352 blog entries this...