by Joanne | May 12, 2026 | Let's Have Coffee
Looking at my grandchildren, I can see how their physical growth happens both slowly and quickly at the same time. Growth cannot be rushed. It happens on its own timetable and its own way. Try as we may, growth just will not occur on our timetable or to our...
by Joanne | May 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
The verse was stuck under my skin for a few days. Turning back to the familiar words, I sit staring at them and wondering what am I to glean from them in this moment. It’s a verse we lean on when we are facing challenges or decisions. It’s a prayer we offer up...
by Joanne | May 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is: Beginning. Beginning. As I think on this word, words like start, source, origin come to mind. The beginning of something is often the...
by Joanne | May 5, 2026 | Let's Have Coffee
The story of Moses and the burning bush is a most familiar one. While tending his father-in-law’s sheep one day, Moses was struck by a bush which was burning yet not consumed. “So Moses said, “I must turn aside now and see this marvelous sight, why the...
by Joanne | May 4, 2026 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Laundry. Most days it gets done without paying attention to much as it gets done routinely. And then there are days, where the most ordinary of tasks stirs thoughts. “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and...