by Joanne | Aug 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
Given the choice of writing utensils, I would always choose a pencil. In my opinion, they slow better on paper than ink, and smudge less. I keep pencils until they are no longer able to be sharpened. Most people who know me, also know my love of pencils. But there is...
by Joanne | Mar 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
I had a goal again this year – to read the Bible through in a year. So I chose a plan or perhaps, the plan chose me. Either way, I started. I have found Leviticus to be a curious book: There were many requirements for the sacrifices. It was such a beautiful and...
by Joanne | Mar 17, 2020 | Devoted Living, Uncategorized
We entered the fourth week of God’s Prevailing Purpose with reading Genesis 42:1-13. Here we find the band of brothers coming to Egypt to see if they can buy some grains so they can all survive the famine. In that split second when they bow before Joseph, Joseph...
by Joanne | Sep 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
This fourth week in the study God. Plan. Move. began with reading both Matthew 22:34-40 and Ecclesiastes 12:31. The subject? Loving God. The Teacher asks the question in Matthew 22:36, “which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?” The...
by Joanne | Sep 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
This is the fourth post in the study, The Power of the Word. Difficulties may not always be welcomed in our lives. Yet this week, Paul showed us how difficulties often serve purposes beyond our understanding. Arguing and division can serve a purpose. In reading Acts...
