by Joanne | Apr 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Next. Just the word begins to fill us with an anticipation, a looking forward – to the next day, the next activity, the next celebration, the next...
by Joanne | Apr 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Yesterday was Palm Sunday – the day we remember the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. “Jesus was in the center of the procession, and the people all around him were shouting, “Praise God! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessings...
by Joanne | Apr 9, 2019 | Devoted Living, Encouragement, Uncategorized
Each Tuesday this month, I’ll be sharing from the book Whispers and Wildflowers by Sarah Beth Marr. We all want new beginnings – a fresh start. I always love the start of a new journal or notebook as it waits for fresh thoughts and quotes to take life....
by Joanne | Apr 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
“The Father loves me because I sacrifice my life so I may take it back again. No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it down when I want to and also to take it up again. For this is what my Father has...
by Joanne | Apr 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
Today is April 1st. Many pranks or practical jokes may be planned and played out over the course of the day. But my mind flashes back to this day thirty one years ago. It was a pregnancy most unlike my first. Bedridden from the suspected time of being pregnant, it had...
by Joanne | Mar 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Measure. To this day, that morning in Bible Study remains imprinted in my mind. I remember where I was sitting, I can hear her tone of voice, and I remember the...