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 | May 20, 2021 | Encouragement
I am an early riser but this was early even for me. The words came to mind bringing a sweet comfort and peace: “Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”...
by Joanne | May 19, 2021 | Let's Have Coffee
The other afternoon, I stepped out onto the back deck to shake something out. “It smells like a good spring rain.” The air just smelled clean and fresh even though the sun was still out. Partly. Breathing in, I recognized the smell of rain, and it was but...
by Joanne | May 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Last week we began the new study from Hello Mornings: “Not Ashamed of the Gospel”. It is a study on the book of Romans; a book that will challenge and shape our faith as we study. We began with reading Romans 1:1-7 . I had to pause over the simplicity of...
by Joanne | May 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s a hard topic to speak about, and so, we don’t talk about it often. The topic? Sin. “For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.†(Romans 1:25, NASB) When we...
