Bringing in the sheaves! I am a believer in the welfare system – for what it was originally set up to do. To HELP someone out who is in a bind and to get up on their own two feet. I was a single Mom for years and I would have qualified but there was… [Read More]
Heart
Quietude: March 16-17, 2019
The Season of Lent In the effort to prepare your heart for the celebration of Resurrection Day, we will be taking a look at Jesus’ final months of ministry. Beginning Winter A.D. 29, we will cover some events, people, and places. The Lenten Season is all about self-denial as we walk Jesus’ final miles toward… [Read More]
Five Minute Friday: PLACE
Kate said PLACE. Kate chose the word to support her friend Christie Purifoy’s new book, PLACEmaker; I am glad she did that because the book is excellent. It is good and pleasant — sharing about home and friendship and hospitality and PLACE! We moved from our home of thirty years in June 2018 – the… [Read More]
Pruning – a Pruned Branch
The Pruning Shears I see the small pruners in the picture above and think, “Now, they couldn’t hurt all that much, could they?” In the initial season of my pruning, God, the Master Gardener, came at me with the 18″ handle loppers – you know, the ones with the hooked blade for cutting the big… [Read More]
Quietude: March 9-10. 2019
The Season of Lent In the effort to prepare your heart for the celebration of Resurrection Day, we will be taking a look at Jesus’ final months of ministry. Beginning Winter A.D. 29, we will cover some events, people, and places. The Lenten Season is all about self-denial as we walk Jesus’ final miles toward… [Read More]
Five Minute Friday: MORE
Kate said MORE. I am thinking. the more the merrier less is more more, please more or less More is a word we probably use “more” than we even know. And, yet in this season of my life I find I don’t want much more. I have all that I need. If I was to… [Read More]
Lent: So It Begins
The Lenten Journey Peggy and I were ten and six years old – our very best friends lived two houses down and they were devout Catholics. We were Brethren and Lent wasn’t even addressed by our church. Easter was, but not Lent. I remember the day they came home from Mass, all nine of them,… [Read More]
Bible Studies by Joyce
New Commentaries by Joyce Meyer Raise your hand if you love Joyce! The room is filled with raised hands – big fan here and these commentary/bible study on the books of Ephesians and James are no exception. Joyce takes the rich teaching in the letters and breaks it down for complete understanding. Included are areas… [Read More]