Turn your talents into a journey
Maritza Cosano Gomez
January 6, 2011
There comes a point in a person’s life when you begin to ask yourself, “What are my talents, REALLY?” Sometimes your doubts cause you to question whether you have any gifts at all. Others may tell you what they think they are, or maybe you find something that you like to do and think,... Read more »
Be Tomorrow’s Great Communicators—Today
Maritza Cosano Gomez, Editor-in-Chief
November 3, 2010
Sometimes change is the only thing that seems constant. And that can very well be said of this publication, The Messenger, your high school news magazine. In the winter of 2008, it began as an online newspaper and while the publishing industry has seen national and local papers going the opposite way... Read more »
Editor’s Note: What’s Your Story?
Maritza Cosano Gomez, Editor-in-Chief
June 9, 2010
Just as the middle school Choir and Band Spring Concert was coming to an end last Monday night, a parent turned to me and offered this thought. “These students are incredible. But I hope they leave the legacy that you might not always be the most talented group, or you might not have the best voice,... Read more »
Christ’s Messengers… Walk On!
Danielle Germaine, Managing Editor
May 31, 2010
“Welcome to the CCA Weekly,” were Editor-in-Chief, Maritza Cosano Gomez’s words when I stepped into the Newsletter Publishing class the first day of my junior year. A world that was entirely foreign to me at the time, complete with a language full of unfamiliar terms would soon, unbeknownst... Read more »
Editorial: Walking the True Line of Faith
Danielle Germaine
April 22, 2010
As a student who has attended a Christian school my entire life, I have both witnessed and experienced one of the Enemy’s most destructive attacks on students. The strategic weaponry he chooses, although fatal, is not all that creative. It is a corrupt line that starts with a true point but curves... Read more »
5 New Year’s Resolutions!
Joe Rogers
January 21, 2010
Every January 1st, people around the world get ready for the New Year. They think about the unknown year full of promise, or about where they’ve been and where they’re going. The possibilities seem endless, and people’s hopes are all written down in the famous New Year’s resolutions. Lose weight,... Read more »
A Christ-Centered Christmas
Danielle Germaine
December 16, 2009
From running to store after store trying to find the perfect gift, to tirelessly bedecking houses with Christmas lights and decorations—if you’re like me, you too may have thought that this Christmas season has been complete chaos. Instead of spreading the infamous Christmas cheer and goodwill... Read more »
“Got Peace?”
David Salvatelli
December 16, 2009
Christmas for Christians comes with two side-by-side yet incompatible messages: “glory to God in the highest and on earth peace” versus “gimme, gimme, gimme—all of it…now!” Jesus. The world. Both ready to deliver the goods. Both have return policies. But even the world’s best will fall... Read more »
Editorial: Writing His Message
Maritza Cosano Gomez
December 10, 2009
“What’s black and white and completely over?” Jon Stewart quipped last year around this time on his Comedy Central show. “It’s newspapers.” Not so fast, Mr. Stewart, say publishers, writers and readers across the nation. Okay, so the Internet certainly is giving dailies a run for their money... Read more »
COMMENTARY: Calm in the Storm
David Salvatelli
December 10, 2009
The disciples went to him and woke him up, shouting, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!” Sooner or later, the winds of life’s storms blow, and even though we’re in the same boat as Jesus, our faith is tested. In Matthew 8 the disciples found themselves in a furious storm. It came up without... Read more »