by Joanne | Jan 15, 2019 | Encouragement
The tree sits on our boundary line. We didn’t even know it was there until our neighbor began moving our stone wall. Suddenly, it was there and had my attention. It was small, frail looking if I had to describe it. I had my doubts if it was even a tree....
by Joanne | Jan 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
Christmas and New Year’s. A week apart and this had me wondering … what can possibly be the connection? Christmas marks a new life – the coming of the Life which will usher in the New Covenant. New Year’s – the coming of a new year, marked by goals,...
by Joanne | Dec 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
It’s the fourth week of “It Could Only Be Jesus” and we are in the midst of the Christmas story now: We are blessed in believing. In Luke 1:39-45, we find Mary hurrying to the home of Elizabeth. Upon entering the home, Elizabeth, also pregnant,...
by Joanne | Dec 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
“So think clearly and exercise self-control. Look forward to the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world.” (1 Peter 1:13, NLT) “Your hope is both a present down payment and a future possession. Like an...
by Joanne | Nov 29, 2018 | Encouragement
It was somewhere early fall, I knew I needed to do an Advent study in order to prepare my heart to be prepared for this Advent season. My heart was feeling heavy, burdened, by the news and world events. There were four hundred years of silence prior to Jesus’...
