by Joanne | Aug 1, 2013 | Book Reviews
During the years I was raising my children, they did come & ask difficult questions about Christianity, faith & the church. Some questions were easier to answer than others. There were times I had to respond, “I don’t know but I will look for the...
by Joanne | Jun 9, 2013 | Prayer
Eternal Trinity, you are a deep sea, into which the more I enter the more I find, and the more I find the more I seek. The soul ever hungers in your abyss, Eternal Trinity, longing to see you with the light of your light, and as the deer yearns for the springs of...
by Joanne | May 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
Brave. What came to mind was the book, Anything by Jennie Allen. The book explores a prayer of surrender which the author prayed. The prayer, simply stated is, “Anything. God I will do anything.†To say the book has challenged my faith & my relationship with...
by Joanne | Apr 14, 2013 | Prayer
This is a prayer of David Martyn Lloyd-Jones, a British evangelical leader…. “O Lord our God, have mercy upon us. Forgive us especially; we pray thee again, for our folly – for our foolish talking about our century and the ‘modern man’, as if anything...
by Joanne | Feb 26, 2013 | Book Reviews, Devoted Living, Encouragement
Lies. I so dislike them. I hate when someone, anyone lies to me. On the flip side, this strong distaste also means that I am very much aware of & guard myself on telling lies to others. I even have a hard time with embellishing a story. My kids grew up knowing my...