by Joanne | Mar 18, 2021 | Book Reviews
This post was begun and then the book was in my mailbox. The timing of its arrival was not lost on me. The day had been emotionally overwhelming, the one year anniversary of the pandemic was duly noted, and I was tired of waiting. In her latest book, Flooded: The Best...
by Joanne | Jan 23, 2020 | Book Reviews
“O to grace how great a debtor Daily I’m constrained to be! Let that grace now like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to Thee. Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love; Here’s my heart, O take and seal it, Seal it for Thy...
by Joanne | Jan 9, 2020 | Book Reviews
The last several years have brought introductions to medical tests, procedures, surgeries, treatments, and hospitals I had not ever known before. The tension between medical diagnoses and faith is a difficult one. How does one balance what one hears – the facts...
by Joanne | Jul 7, 2019 | Encouragement
“But Jesus spoke to them at once. “Don’t be afraid, ” he said. “Take courage. I am here!” (Matthew 14:27, NLT) “When the disciples saw Jesus in the middle of their stormy night, they called him a ghost. A phantom … To...
by Joanne | Apr 1, 2018 | Encouragement
“The disciples of John the Baptist told John about everything Jesus was doing. So John called for two of his disciples, and he sent them to the Lord to ask him, “Are you the Messiah we’ve been expecting or should we keep looking for someone...