by Joanne | Apr 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.) In reading the quote, I think back on the last few weeks of a Bible Study which has been encouraging me to love more like Jesus. As the quote...
by Joanne | Apr 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
One afternoon last week, the call came instructing us all to get inside, locking doors and windows until further notice. It was a police robo call informing us the police were looking for a criminal in our neighborhood, on my very street, no less. The hunt actually...
by Joanne | Apr 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Today I’m joining Kate Motaung for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt. Five minutes. No editing. All of us writing on that same word. Today’s prompt is … Decide. Seeing the word prompt, I almost decided to pass this one by. But it nagged at me until I...
by Joanne | Mar 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
“We learn how to create beauty where none exists, how to be generous beyond our means, how to change a small corner of the world …” ~ Gabrielle Hamilton In the course of a day, life happens. Life happens to us and through the things which take place,...
by Joanne | Mar 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
Our entire family gathered for Easter dinner around our dining room table on Sunday. I had wondered if Jocelyn would balk at her seat this time or if she would be content with her usual seat. Somehow inside of me, I suspected change was coming. And it did! We began to...
by Joanne | Mar 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
“Mary Magdalene found the disciples and told them, “I have seen the Lord!” (John 20: 18, NLT) In his triumph, Jesus could have paraded through the streets of Jerusalem. He could have knocked on Pilate’s door. He could have confronted the...
