The Brook Ministries

Strengthening Pastors and Churches in Costa Rica

Another Volunteer Recognized In Special Ceremony

February 24, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

On Sunday, February 21, Eva Cecilia Herrera Rodriguez was awarded the Dr. Beverly R. Lucas Volunteer Service award for February 2021. Eva was nominated by Pastor Geovanny Herrera Chabarria and his wife, Pastora Kalen Valerio, for her work in women’s ministry at Comunidad Cristiana Reconciliación. A Powerful Story Eva’s nomination got the attention of our […]

The Trap of Self-Reliance

October 20, 2020.Reading time 9 minutes.

I grew up in a culture that not only encouraged self-reliance, but truly celebrated it. There was no one more admired than the “self-made man.” Everything that was strong and powerful was wrapped up in the life of a man who made his own way. “Be a man!” was the rallying cry to the one […]