by Joanne | May 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. The prompt this week is … Distraction. Under ordinary circumstances, I would not consider myself a person who is easily distracted. I have been known to be so involved...
by Joanne | Apr 30, 2020 | Book Reviews
Having read, and greatly enjoyed, Lighthouse Faith by Lauren Green, a Fox News Religion Correspondent, I jumped at the opportunity to read True Calling by Paula Faris, an ABC news reporter and former co-host of The View. Called Out is the personal and transparent...
by Joanne | Apr 29, 2020 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
The Scripture has been crossing my path for days now, which was indicative it was time to pause and take a deeper look at it. “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces...
by Joanne | Apr 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
We continued another week in “Awaken” by Priscilla Shirer, which brings a timely word for these moments we are living … There are so many who are hurting right now. Much of the news moves us to tears as the pain and sadness of others is seen. The...
by Joanne | Apr 27, 2020 | Devoted Living, Encouragement
We are turning this week to Psalm 123, the fourth of the Psalms of Ascent, where we find the psalmist turning his eyes to look to God. It is with this act of gazing upward that we can come to understand the stance of faith. “Faith is the upward vision of the...
