by Joanne | Feb 13, 2018 | Book Reviews
The saying goes, “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” But nothing could be further from the truth about The Masterpiece by Francine Rivers. The cover is stunningly beautiful and every word inside equally so. I am not much of a fiction reader and I...
by Joanne | Feb 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
Recently we had a “house guest” for a week. We love animals but I wouldn’t call us “pet people”. Since our cat of 15 years had to be put down, certain members of our family have been resistant to have another. And we’ve been good...
by Joanne | Feb 11, 2018 | Encouragement
“You set the boundaries of the earth, and you made both summer and winter.” (Psalm 74:17, NLT) Back in 1887, a groundhog in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, began predicting the weather on Groundhog Day, February 2. If this highly acclaimed meteorologist comes...
by Joanne | Feb 9, 2018 | Prayer, Uncategorized
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Privilege. Reading the word prompt, I headed to bed. During the night I woke with a tune going through my head, but did not pay much attention to it. We...
by Joanne | Feb 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
The topic in the car that day was … “best friends”. For any school aged girl, the idea of having a best friend is of the utmost importance. The problem was beginning to rear its ugly head as it became clear – there was more to this that just...
