by Joanne | Dec 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … With. One word – with – in the season of Advent brings one verse to mind: “Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a...
by Joanne | Dec 20, 2018 | Devoted Living
Christmas. It feels like I’ve been in preparation for two months. And this may be because it has been just that long. I am in the middle of doing Max Lucado’s Advent devotional, “Because of Bethlehem”, for the second time since the end of...
by Joanne | Dec 19, 2018 | Book Reviews
There were so many wonderful books which came across my path in 2018. Some books had book launches and were seen all over social media. Others arrived quietly, unassuming but equally a good read. It has been hard to narrow it down to share just a few: My grandchildren...
by Joanne | Dec 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
It was week 5 in “It Could Only Be Jesus” and our attention was centered in Luke Chapter 2: God specializes in time. In verses 1-7, time is the focus of our reading. We see several things occurring “at the time” Mary is pregnant: ~ a decree...
by Joanne | Dec 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
Simeon. He’s an interesting person in the story of Christmas. We don’t know much about him. Many assume he was a priest, although this is not clearly to us. We are told, however, two things about him: “He was righteous and devout and eagerly waiting...
