by Joanne | Apr 8, 2025 | Let's Have Coffee
The email comes through with a simple message: “Praying for you to get rest today.” It hit deeply as I was already thinking about rest but along the words of Sabbath rest. The word gets thrown around, but the depth of meaning can be easily overlooked. I...
by Joanne | Apr 7, 2025 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
A recent read of Matthew 25:35-40 brought a question into focus. In this passage, Jesus speaks of the nations being gathered around Him. He will separate them one from another, placing some on His right and some on His left. Jesus then says: “Then the King will say to...
by Joanne | Apr 4, 2025 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is: Persuade. Life is changing and shifting every day. Every day the news tells us of changes occurring in our world, our country, and...
by Joanne | Apr 3, 2025 | Book Reviews
“Do I still matter?” That’s a hard question many find themselves asking at certain junctions in life. Life begins to change and we find ourselves with goals and purposes that are shifting. Do I Still Matter? by Kim Taylor Henry is the book I...
by Joanne | Apr 1, 2025 | Encouragement, Let's Have Coffee
As humans, we are prone to worry and quite frankly, there is always something which we can be worried about. It’s a familiar passage found in Luke 12:22-30 in which Jesus tells us not to worry. It was a paragraph and two words which stood out from a recent read:...