by Joanne | Aug 13, 2020 | Book Reviews
Stories are a wonderful means for us all to learn lessons that will remain with us for years to come. A Better Ending, by Doreen Tamminga, is a collection of delightful stories for boys and girls. Each story is told in a winsome manner making them relatable. The...
by Joanne | Sep 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Testimony. Testimony has been defined as an open declaration or statement. We tend to use it more in terms of evidence in support of a fact in a court of law....
by Joanne | May 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
I was blessed and did not comprehend how much until I was an adult. I grew up in the church and Jesus was included every week. Born into a family where the adults played the piano and organ for the worship, and also were Sunday School teachers, meant we were in church...
by Joanne | Jun 4, 2018 | Devoted Living
The early church and its believers were not without their challenges as the Church began to grow: Our stories build our faith. Paul reported to the believers all God had done on their missionary journey. It’s our stories – we used to call them...
by Joanne | May 18, 2017 | Encouragement
There is a beautiful story in the last chapter of the Gospel of Luke … A group is listening to two of the disciples share about their encounter with Jesus while on the road to Emmaus. Suddenly, Jesus appears among them, saying, “Peace be with you†(Luke...
