by Joanne | Dec 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
“So think clearly and exercise self-control. Look forward to the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world.” (1 Peter 1:13, NLT) “Your hope is both a present down payment and a future possession. Like an...
by Joanne | Nov 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Deep. The word needs no dictionary definition. “Deep” … extending down or across in width. “But it was to us that God revealed these...
by Joanne | Nov 29, 2018 | Encouragement
It was somewhere early fall, I knew I needed to do an Advent study in order to prepare my heart to be prepared for this Advent season. My heart was feeling heavy, burdened, by the news and world events. There were four hundred years of silence prior to Jesus’...
by Joanne | Nov 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
When you are a part of The Lulu Tree for years, since the beginning of its formation, a mystery takes place in your spirit. The people, the faces, the growth all become personal as the mystery of an attachment begins to root deeply in your heart. A sense of family...
by Joanne | Nov 27, 2018 | Book Reviews
Christmas. It’s a time of waiting and activity probably unmatched by any other time of year. Yet it is also a season of preparation. Advent. The time our hearts need to be prepared for Jesus. In her book, Exodus to Advent, author Esther Baird takes us back to...
