Spiritual Growth

Mood booster or just a little encouraging nudge from art in words will give hope for any occasion.

Lessons From My Brother

Lessons From My Brother-Chispa Magazine-Beth Williams

I often talk about having had two wake-up calls that led me to focus my coaching, speaking, and workshop practices on cancer survivorship. The first one happened sometime between my brain surgery and year of chemo, and led me to enroll and invest in coach training so I could feel qualified to do what I love…

In the Hands of the Artist

With the creation of this issue, a lot of memories came to mind; some good, bad, or better yet, uncomfortable, yet all lay the foundation of what Chispa Magazine is today. It was 2004, when a specific family meeting occurred weeks after I was hit by a drunk driver on the Florida Turnpike. As I…

Five Tips to Help You Thrive

Five Tips to Help You Thrive-Chispa Magazine

Only 56 percent of Americans and 24 percent of adults throughout the world consider themselves to be thriving. The rest of those surveyed see themselves either as “struggling” or “suffering.” These statistics are alarming because they show how much human potential is being squandered, that if unleashed could change the lives and fortunes of so many. If…

Is Dressing Modestly Really Anti-Feminist?

Is Dressing Modestly Really Anti-Feminist_Chispa Magazine

There has been a lot of talk in the news recently about women who dress modestly because of their religion. Feminists groups have taken it upon themselves to campaign against the oppression of these women. Saying that hijabs and the suchlike are against feminism. Restricting women and their rights. However, is dressing modestly really anti-feminist?…

Inspiring At-Risk Youth

Inspiring At-Risk Youth-Chispa Magazine

The term “at risk” simply implies the risk of failing one or more classes. However, it belies the bigger picture—the far reaching effects of being a socioeconomically disadvantaged teenager. In my work in the education field, I had the opportunity to meet and influence several at-risk teens. The average “home-life” for the kids I worked with meant…

What Inspired My Novel: Play For Me

What Inspired My Novel-Play For Me-Chispa Magazine

“What am I going to do?” We were driving from New York to New Hampshire to visit my nephew and his family when my sister, whose twin daughters were seniors in high school, burst out with that cry. She had just woken up to the realization that it had been decades since she’d focused on…

What is Easter?

Easter_Chispa Magazine

Merriam-Webster defines Easter as the annual Christian festival commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. As a child, Easter was nothing more than a time for pretty pastel dresses and Easter egg hunts. And I can’t forget about the candy; loads and loads of candy hidden in those colorful little plastic eggs. I simply remember it…

Who’s Eyes Do You Have?

Brown-hazel, with a slight hint of yellow, only when sunlight hits my eye, or you’ll find dark brown raisins at night. Wanting blue sky eyes or green meadow as the color was my wish, my constant dream. As I would sing to the highest with Amy Grant [as I heard her over the radio, of…

Best Way to Start the New Year?

Chispa Magazine, Mavian Arocha-Rowe


To know without His birth on Christmas Day there is no crucifixion; and with no crucifixion… there is no resurrection. Did you know the worst circumstances bring out the best in us? So… what we perceive as the wrong circumstance can actually produce something right or righteous in us. Moses needed to tend sheep for…

To Transcend Temptations for God’s Expectations

Chispa Magazine

Living as a teenager, in today’s world, is far more difficult than it was to live as a teenager “back in the day” but some may wonder why. The temptations of social media, drugs, bullying and sexual impurities outnumber previous generations and, often, we believe our parents simply don’t understand. Battling with these endless forms…