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Grace Edna Lopez 1957-2025 Grace Edna "Amazing Grace" Lopez, age 67, a resident of Belen, passed away on June 1, 2025.

Foster was named American Idol ‘s runner-up behind winner Jamal Roberts but is dedicated to using the show as a jumping-off ...

It’s the perfect word for the despicable person I know I could be, if not for that amazing grace of God. That awful human sneaks out sometimes, yet our forgiving Father loves me — sins and all ...

Romans 12:1-2 “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, ...

Our Creator is always waiting and willing to bring us back into right standing with Him. Jesus said in Matthew Chapter 18 ...