by Joanne | Sep 16, 2025 | Let's Have Coffee
There is much we can learn from the folks we read about in Scripture. In Exodus 16, we find the Israelites now two months out from their second miraculous save. They have come through the Red Sea, God has taken care of their enemies who were pursuing them. And now,...
by Joanne | Sep 15, 2025 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
“Want to come over for Chinese food tonight?” The question was asked Saturday morning after a most challenging week. The table was set with paper dishes and disposable cups. The boxes of the selected Chinese food were set out on the table with serving spoons as we all...
by Joanne | Sep 12, 2025 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Most Fridays, I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is: Pick. Upon seeing the word prompt, I thought of the idiom, “a pick me up.” After the news in recent days, it is what we...
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 | Sep 8, 2025 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
“After these things he left Athens and went to Corinth. And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them, and because he was of the...
