by Joanne | Mar 21, 2017 | Devoted Living
It is about mid-way through the Lent season, my thoughts return to conversations and admissions. To “give something up for Lent”, as explained by dictionary.com, “is to abandon a pleasurable habit as an act of devotion and self-discipline.” It is a 40...
by Joanne | Nov 17, 2016 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
On a Sunday night, we sat on the couch the three of us. I was flanked by each of my granddaughters and “the book of awesomeness” was spread out before all three of us. It was not a story or photo book. It was the store Christmas circular that boasts of...
by Joanne | Oct 18, 2016 | Book Reviews
Christmas is a time full of traditions. We enjoy our favorite dishes, desserts, music, and movies. Family decorations, filled with memories, come out of the attic, warming our hearts as we think of years passed. We need our hearts to be stirred till they are fully...
by Joanne | Oct 10, 2016 | Encouragement
The cover sits before me, the title drawing me in and yet it is months before Christmas. It’s the subtitle – The Weight Of Waiting – that keeps nagging at my heart. Each morning I pour my coffee and read one devotional in the early morning stillness....
