by Joanne | Mar 4, 2025 | Let's Have Coffee
Some times we can be so familiar with the words, we skim over them. Or at least I can some days. So recently, I read the words in the Amplified: “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and...
by Joanne | May 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
In the Gospels, we find stories of real people facing everyday situations. They react much the way we do which is why these stories so resonate with us, no matter how many times we have read them. For several days, I have had the story of the feeding of the five...
by Joanne | Apr 5, 2024 | Encouragement, Prayer
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Complicate. I define the word as to make something more difficult than it actually may be. And I certainly can tend do this when it...
by Joanne | Apr 26, 2023 | Let's Have Coffee
The words before me are familiar and comforting … “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is...
by Joanne | Mar 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
The week began in Matthew 5:2-12 and a focus on the beatitudes. In this sermon, Jesus overturns all that the people were expecting in a Messiah. In so doing, He destroys the validity of their expectations and presents His upside-down kingdom. “His kingdom would...
