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...
by Joanne | Jan 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Just a few days ago, we ushered in a new year and a new decade. A fresh expanse of time spread out before us. Many wrote down goals, resolutions, or their “One Wordâ€. Out came brand new planners and calendars with boxes yet unfilled, waiting for activities to be...
