by Joanne | May 20, 2020 | Encouragement
These weeks of being under a stay-at-home order have been hard. But probably not as hard as it is for moms who don’t manage a moment’s time for themselves. Working, homeschooling, and trying to keep up with the normal responsibilities of a home can be...
by Joanne | Apr 9, 2020 | Book Reviews
As a person who has often put her tail between her legs and run, I have so been encouraged in reading Stay by Anjuli Paschall. Our humanness will, most times, call us to run from pain and to avoid the hard. In the middle of a pandemic, we have no choice but to stay...
by Joanne | Mar 31, 2020 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
Last week our group brought the study “God’s Prevailing Purpose” to a close with wonderful thoughts from Scripture each day. ~*~*~ In Genesis 44:30-45:3, we find Judah begging for his brother’s life, even offering to exchange his own life for...
by Joanne | Jan 21, 2020 | Prayer, Uncategorized
My word for this year, Savor, continues to unfold before me in the most unusual of ways, speaking to my soul the very words it needs. It is at our tables our bodies find nourishment as we sit and partake of our meals; and it is at His table our souls find the morsels...
by Joanne | Dec 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
I decorated our tree this past week. The boxes had come down from the attic the night before and sat strewn about in our living room. If I wanted to get prepared for Christmas and bring some order back to the room, it had to get done on my days “off”....
