Conversations with Ray Martinez

Watching other families and their siblings is intriguing to me. Some get along like best friends and others never talk to each other again after leaving home?  While growing up, I only had one siblin…

This is one of the great encounters that Abraham has with God and a couple of angles.  They have dinner with Abraham and talk about Sarah having a child at this time next year.  Sarah, laughed, reali…

Thaylor Iron Rope is a Lakota Native American who loves to raps various lyrics that he creates because of his love for God.  This is something that he said off the top of his head without any prepara…

My experience was with a tornado that hit Windsor, Colorado.  On May 22, 2008 right before noon, the Town of Windsor was struck by an EF3 tornado. With very little warning, the community took shelter…

God speaks to Abraham about what his responsibilities are.  Are we being responsible to God like Abraham did?  Mark of the promise back then was circumcision...today we cut away the fleshly life of t…

I'm sharing this story about my adoptive mom.  Mom passed away on Easter night in 1994, which left me with a lot of fond memories that live in my heart today.  I shared three main points about my mom…

God speaks to Abram, and he falls down on the ground on his face.  While God speaks to Abram, he reveals His covenant, which contains six major commitments.  However, God tells Abram that he has to r…

Today I am sharing about what can make us miserable.  The more I talk about this, the more I realize that it is my choice in how I change the world around me.  In a cartoon, Pogo looks at himself in …

I couldn't pin down one event that I never expected would happen in my lifetime.  There are three major events in my life that are life changing for me.    Discovering my biological family in 2005, t…

There is so much to be thankful for.  It's important that we know how to give thanks through our giving as well.  Thanksgiving, is giving thanks, and being thankful. In this podcast, we peruse throug…

We all have our favorite cartoons that we can relate too, whether its our pets, our way of growing up, family living, or just a means of "getting away" from the tossing and turning of life today.  So…

This story was right after Jesus finished the Sermon on the Mount.  A miraculous healing just took place of a diseased man, and Jesus told him not to tell anyone about it.  Well, he did tell many peo…

It's hard to pick one story in my life of the funniest moment of my time.  So, I share a few of them that really pops to the top of my mind that made me laugh so hard, that my stomach hurt.  My adopt…

This is a special day for Michele Campana, celebrating many years of success, happiness and endurement through a family of loving children, husband and parents.  One of the most organized moms I know…

This really is a comforting story/statement by Jesus about building our house on a firm foundation and not on the sand.  Which is likely to stand firm when a storm comes?  It's comforting to know how…

You know how it is when you go out to coffee with friends with no particular agenda, the craziest questions pop up. So, here’s an obvious question. What are your favorite books? I have many favorite …

Jesus is teaching about "self righteous people" who may claim they have done so much for God, but their true actions are not reflective of God's love for people.  Some may get to heaven making their …

I think it's harder to work for your family than it is for the "other guy".  In the family business, much more perfection is required and the learning skills are fast and steep.  My dad taught me how…

Jesus paints a clear picture of what a false prophet is like.  His colorful analogy of fruits, such as grapes and other fruit trees clearly illustrates what is good and what is bad with prophets.  I …

I was asked to speak to young adults that were placed in a juvenile youth center.  Because of Covid-19, we couldn't be present.  I prepared a youtube video in lieu of being in person.  This is a reco…