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

Good news = Great joy

Have you ever watched someone receive good news? Maybe it was your child {or grandchild} opening an acceptance letter from their college of preference. Watching your friend receive a long prayed for job offer. Listening in as a loved one receives an โ€˜all clearโ€™ message from their doctorโ€™s office. Isnโ€™t it exhilarating? Joy. Joy. Joy! … Continue reading Good news = Great joy

Peace through a shared experience

and on Earth peace to men on whom His favor rests. Luke 2:14 NIV Peace is found at His table. It's the knowing that He, Jesus, Savior of the world, is here with us. His presence, which is our peace, is why Jesus came down to us in bodily form. Jesus is our peace. {Ephesians … Continue reading Peace through a shared experience

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