by Joanne | Apr 29, 2024 | Encouragement
We find in Scripture the story of the pool of Bethesda. The sick would come, sit there, and wait for the waters to stir. The one who was able to get in the waters would receive healing from whatever was ailing them. An ill man was there one day. Jesus knew from his...
by Joanne | Sep 13, 2022 | Let's Have Coffee
We need to see with fresh eyes each time we read Scripture. The interactions of the people, both with each other and with Jesus, provides us with practical insight into the way Jesus also desires to interact with each one of us in our present day. Two stories of...
by Joanne | Sep 6, 2022 | Let's Have Coffee
For a few days now, I have gone back to read and reread an account in the Gospel of Luke. Come with me … On a particular Sabbath day, Jesus was found teaching in the synagogue, and present was a man whose right hand was withered. The scribes and Pharisees kept...
by Joanne | Jul 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
We read the story in Luke 17. There was ten of them that day. They watched as He entered the village, the law required them to stand at a distance. They were lepers, but it did not keep them from crying out to Him, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!†Hearing them,...
by Joanne | May 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Heal. I have sat multiple times with family members and heard the news of a challenging diagnosis. Hearing the process of surgery...