by Joanne | Nov 18, 2025 | Let's Have Coffee
Charm and eloquence have always frightened me as they make for a potent combination, able to convince and manipulate the unsuspecting. We are to be wise in looking at the writing style, popularity, or education of the one writing. Platforms and popularity should not...
by Joanne | Sep 9, 2025 | Let's Have Coffee
The link to the daily devotional did not work yesterday morning. So in the moment I reached for what I think may very well be my favorite book. Having now read through it multiple times, it reads like an old friend. The words bring encouragement, truth, and hope. The...
by Joanne | May 28, 2020 | Encouragement, Prayer
As I write this, it is early morning and the windows are opened and the sweet sound of birds chirping is filling my ears. My soul is reminded to trust God in all things: “Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly...
by Joanne | Jul 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
The notes in the margin of my well read book tell me I have read it at least three times now. Yet the words fell on my heart as if I had never seen them before: “Be thou more calm of spirit, and gird thyself for greater endurance.†(from The Imitation of Christ by...
by Joanne | May 9, 2019 | Encouragement
April was a dreary month which held more rainy days than not. Two days ago, the sun appeared one morning in all of its beauty and I found myself humming an old Beatles song: “Here comes the sun (doo doo doo doo) Here comes the sun, and I say It’s all right...
