by Joanne | Nov 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
Everyone desires to enjoy life. We seek to experience life with joy, striving to take in as much pleasure and/or satisfaction as we are able each day. Peter, in writing to God’s chosen people [aka – us] tells us: “If you want to enjoy life and seem many happy...
by Joanne | Dec 26, 2018 | Book Reviews
Becoming Gertrude: How Our Friendships Shape Our Faith by Janice Peterson is a small sweet book on the beauty and impact of friendships in our lives. The book is a short read which leaves you feeling like you have had a visit with a dear friend. The author begins...
by Joanne | Feb 2, 2018 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Agree. Upon seeing the word prompt, I thought how wonderful it is when we all are able to be in agreement. Life is pleasant and easy. No tensions. It seems all...
by Joanne | Jan 7, 2018 | Devoted Living
“But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven.” (Matthew 5:44-45a, NLT) The biggest challenge facing you today is probably a person … Relationships are...
by Joanne | Oct 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Life has a way of teaching us in both the mundane days, and the unexpected ones. Being the sort who takes time to process, I have been in a processing mode for a few days as the lessons learned have been hard yet most precious. I have always lived with the music...
