by Joanne | Jan 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
“Jesus replied, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and yet you still don’t know who I am?” (John 14:9a, NLT) “True friendship is rare on earth. It means identifying with someone in thought, heart, and spirit. It is a joy to Jesus when a...
by Joanne | Jan 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. The prompt this week is … Direction. Direction. It’s going from here to there. It’s the way one is headed each day. We hope with each step that we are...
by Joanne | Jan 9, 2020 | Book Reviews
The last several years have brought introductions to medical tests, procedures, surgeries, treatments, and hospitals I had not ever known before. The tension between medical diagnoses and faith is a difficult one. How does one balance what one hears – the facts...
by Joanne | Jan 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
The start of a new year begins with a return to the devotional “Settle My Soul” by Karen Ehman and Ruth Schwenk. Our group will finish this devotional book and I truly cannot recommend it enough. ~*~* We began with reading Psalm 119:71 and Hebrews 5:8:...
by Joanne | Jan 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
Come the month of November, I begin to wonder if there will be a One Word for the new year. As I start to pay close attention, a thought, theme, Scripture, or word repeatedly grabs my attention. “Faith” was the word of the year in 2014 as one in our family...
