by Joanne | Mar 14, 2018 | Encouragement
It’s Tuesday afternoon and the third Nor’Easter in 10 days is hitting our area. In fact, it is the first blizzard for our area this winter. I know it presents all the pains and challenges of power outages, shoveling, being stuck in the house, and...
by Joanne | Jan 7, 2018 | Devoted Living
“But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven.” (Matthew 5:44-45a, NLT) The biggest challenge facing you today is probably a person … Relationships are...
by Joanne | Nov 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Excuse. Reading the word prompt, my mind wonders … Does she mean the verb or the noun? As a noun, ‘excuse’ is the apology, the reason, or the...
by Joanne | Apr 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
Today I’m joining Kate Motaung for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt. Five minutes. No editing. All of us writing on that same word. Today’s prompt is … Whole. I went to bed with two thoughts on my heart. One was of the moral failure of a young man. The other...
by Joanne | Oct 28, 2015 | 31 Questions Jesus Asked
They had caught her in the act. The act of adultery, which was punishable by death. There was no concern for the woman, who remains nameless. They were only attempting to trap Jesus in a theological debate. They gave no thought to the woman. Their only thought was...