Celebrate Your Victory

With a t-shirt! I read through the entire Bible last year with my small group of girlfriends! Some of us read the Bible for the very first time. Others of us read the entire Bible in 365 days for the first time! Whatever the case we did it together and it was difficult, fun, exciting … Continue reading Celebrate Your Victory

Simply Advent: Light

Itโ€™s Advent season, and weโ€™re beginning on the first day of December this year. What ideas about the Christmas season have you been pondering? I am pondering common threads, or themes, that repeat throughout the entirety of the Bible. Lately, Iโ€™ve been reading scriptures from different books of the Bible. Isaiah, who prophesied the coming … Continue reading Simply Advent: Light

See the Light: Simply Advent

โ€œThe people who walk in darkness will see a great light. For those who live in a land of deep darkness, a light will shine.โ€โ€ญโ€ญIsaiahโ€ฌ โ€ญ9โ€ฌ:โ€ญ2โ€ฌ โ€ญNLTโ€ฌโ€ฌ What do you see today? Where is your light? To what or where are you looking for hope? What do you believe you must have to feel joy? … Continue reading See the Light: Simply Advent

Water for your ashes

It would be easy right now to succumb to the ugly, angry and violent images on screens everywhere spewing so much noise of impending doom and gloom. But I resist. I choose to turn away from screens to take in what is natural and created. Beauty is everywhere. The sounds of birds fill the air … Continue reading Water for your ashes

Got Ashes?

February 14, 2024 Today marks the beginning of Lent, and Valentineโ€™s Day. The seemingly strange combination of observances has me pondering this morning. Ashes and flowers. Fasting and special dinners. Abstinence and huge chocolate hearts. And this scripture that reminds me of another unanticipated occurrence. โ€God made him (Jesus) who had no sin to be … Continue reading Got Ashes?

Love Sees the Face of Hope

And rejoices in Godโ€™s unfailing goodness! Two of the people I love to read about at Christmas are people I consider as some of the unsung heroes. They are the backstage persevering servants of God who prayed to get to see the fulfillment of Godโ€™s promised Messiah. They were born and called of God to … Continue reading Love Sees the Face of Hope

Joy Desires To Be Voiced

Have you ever felt so elated, so excited over a bit of good news that you couldnโ€™t wait to tell someone? Maybe you think that you will just share with your bestie and no one else, but then another friend comes along and you just canโ€™t stop yourself from sharing the good news! And so … Continue reading Joy Desires To Be Voiced