Make the Move with meโ€ฆ please and thank you.

Dear shiney readers, If you are reading this as an email subscriber, I want to thank you for your faithful support of me and my writing. I would write anyway, but itโ€™s so much more fun and motivating to keep the conversation going in community. Most of you are iron sharpening my iron. Thank you … Continue reading Make the Move with meโ€ฆ please and thank you.

Love says I Am with you

Advent 2025 is past. Christmas is here. The time of waiting is over. Itโ€™s time to rejoice in His arrival. Jesus, God with skin on, and born to a humble blue collar family, came to carve the way out of death. Rejoice. He is Love. And this is how He defines His love. โ€œGreater love … Continue reading Love says I Am with you

Blessed is the woman of God who remains in Him

December 20, 2025 Morning Communion. Coffee wake ups. Cotton candy skies. And a chosen scripture that pops up as the โ€˜verse of the dayโ€™. โ€œBlessed is she who has believed that God would fulfill His promises to her!โ€ Luke 1:45 You who are more techno savvy will probably want me to know that this is … Continue reading Blessed is the woman of God who remains in Him

Eager expectation of good

A definition from Merriam-Webster:  Hope: 1. to desire with expectation of obtainment or fulfillment.  2. to expect with confidence (as in trust). {Waitโ€ฆ watch and pray. Because He came then I can eagerly expect His return.} Biblically, our hope is in God. Itโ€™s my trust in Him, and His good nature that makes possible my … Continue reading Eager expectation of good

Withness: a review along with resources

Thanksgiving Day, 2025. Dear Reader, May you experience, today, God's very real withness. For He has changed my life {again} by unveiling my eyes to the reality that He is with me. Immanuel. I have never known Him quite like this. You might think at my age, โ€œShouldnโ€™t you know this by now?โ€ I ask … Continue reading Withness: a review along with resources

A Great Teacher Asks the Best Questions: โ€œWere not ten cleansed?โ€

The best teachers ask really great questions. As you read and ponder ask yourselfโ€ฆ Who is Jesus to me?

Morning Communion: Your Blood

One of those lightbulb moments. Wait, Iโ€™ve read this scripture before. But Iโ€™ve never read it like this before. The atoning blood of the Lamb. Always Godโ€™s plan A. #eyesonjesusandshine #withness #livelovebrightly #planA