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The Impossible Task, Pt. 1: Disappointed By God

Aug 11, 2015Steve Sanchez16 CommentsHope Chapel Hill Country, Texas Tales!

On June 28, 2015, I preached for the last time at Hope Chapel Hill Country and shut the doors…. I picked up Phillip Yancey’s book, “Disappointment with God,” to get some encouragement because of my depressed state: Our church plant in Dripping Springs, Texas, just wasn’t working out. After relocating from L.A. to just outside

A Tentative Return to the Seniors Center

Mar 25, 2015Steve Sanchez4 CommentsPERSECUTED!, Texas Tales!, TRACTS

I haven’t been back to the Hill Country Senior Citizens Activity Center since being unceremoniously booted out by the manager three weeks ago. (Read what happened by clicking here.) But today, I returned. After getting yelled at and having the door slammed on me by the Center’s manager for talking to her about Jesus I

Outed at the Seniors Center

Feb 25, 2015Steve Sanchez4 CommentsPERSECUTED!, Stupid Million Dollar Tracts, Texas Tales!, TRACTS

It was bound to happen: the showdown. I lost. For now. It had been brewing for some time because the manager never liked me. Here’s a re-cap of what led to my getting the boot today: On Wednesdays for over a year now, I head down to the Hill Country Senior Citizens Activity Center and

My Strange Dream

Sep 13, 2014Steve Sanchez2 CommentsHope Chapel Hill Country, Strange but True, Texas Tales!

I’m re-posting this article from September 13, 2014 because today, I realized, the dream came true. See the postscript at the bottom of the post. I have a new Pentecostal friend who has proven to me that he walks with the Lord. I met Amalio a few weeks ago when I was searching for a

The All-In-One Pastor

Jul 11, 2014Steve SanchezTexas Tales!

I was doing some paperwork while talking to a CPA. He asked if I had a scanner so I could send him some documents. “Of course,” I replied, “I just don’t have it set up yet.” “Shame on you,” he joked. I reminded him that I used to have a secretary, a book-keeper, a web