by Joanne | May 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Excuse. It’s the words we offer as an explanation for having not done something. We hope it removes the sting of fault or...
by Joanne | May 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Last week we began the new study from Hello Mornings: “Not Ashamed of the Gospel”. It is a study on the book of Romans; a book that will challenge and shape our faith as we study. We began with reading Romans 1:1-7 . I had to pause over the simplicity of...
by Joanne | May 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s a hard topic to speak about, and so, we don’t talk about it often. The topic? Sin. “For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.†(Romans 1:25, NASB) When we...
by Joanne | May 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Middle. The middle is not the most comfortable place to be. It feels like being neither here nor there. God told His people to go...
by Joanne | May 12, 2021 | Let's Have Coffee, Uncategorized
Isaiah 61. It is such a familiar chapter. We want to remember the mission we have all been called to bring to this world. We take hope in the exchange of gladness instead of mourning; praise instead of fainting; and being called “oaks of righteousness, the...
by Joanne | May 11, 2021 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
It’s a cloudy and gray morning, the rain is coming down softly at the moment. The morning sounds, while present, are quieter; and the morning doves are cooing. It’s a gentle and oddly comforting sound. The sounds all remind me of Elijah. Elijah, in fleeing...
