by Joanne | Jul 24, 2023 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.” (Romans 10:17, NASB) “Â For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 1:6, NASB) In the early morning...
by Joanne | Jun 7, 2022 | Let's Have Coffee
I’m thinking about messes today. In fact over the course of my life, I have been a mess, lived in a mess, and more times than not, created a mess. Mess, as defined by dictionary.com: a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition a state of embarrassing confusion an...
by Joanne | May 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Excuse. It’s the words we offer as an explanation for having not done something. We hope it removes the sting of fault or...
by Joanne | Sep 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
We started the week with reading Ezra 4:1-10. The exiles were now in the process of rebuilding the Temple and their enemies are perturbed about it. Their enemies come with deceptive motives to try to join them in their work but the leaders of Israel are onto them and...
by Joanne | Aug 26, 2020 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Recently we vacationed in the same house as last year. Our vacation had been such a fun and memorable time, we all longed to return. Our desire was to get away from the stresses of the last several months, to step away from it all, and relax. And so we did. We had...
