by Joanne | Sep 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Challenge. Challenge. The word causes me to think of a dare, a call to compete or a contest. My Bible dictionary defines it this way: “to put to a test or...
by Joanne | Sep 19, 2019 | Book Reviews
We were raised to be “nice” and we raise our children to be the same. But what if we are wrong in thinking we are to be nice? In her latest book, Nice: Why We Love To Be Liked And How God Calls Us To More, Sharon Hodde Miller, introduces this premise:...
by Joanne | Sep 18, 2019 | Book Reviews
What does one do when friendship gets hard? In his book, Are We Still Friends, Randall Goodgame explores this question and provides insight for children. This is a story of forgiveness, not only of one another, but of the forgiveness we have through Christ. It’s...
by Joanne | Sep 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
This fourth week in the study God. Plan. Move. began with reading both Matthew 22:34-40 and Ecclesiastes 12:31. The subject? Loving God. The Teacher asks the question in Matthew 22:36, “which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?” The...
by Joanne | Sep 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
“The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.†(2 Corinthians 10:4, NIV) God has given us great and wonderful promises by which to live. I cannot help but wonder why there have been...
