Author Archives: Jeanne

Today there is SO much DIVERSITY – every way I turn, I am confronted through daily interactions with people highlighting “differences” in cultures, philosophies, politics, religion, language, food . . . everything! I started wondering how the early followers of … Continue reading →

              and so my heart cries . . . HOW LONG, GOD . . . HOW LONG???­ We have no HOPE but YOU, GOD,  to bring an end to the abuses of person against … Continue reading →

Isaiah 58 talks about “fasting.” Some people talk about fasting for health reasons, some for spiritual reasons, some for personal cleansing (physical and psychologically), so it is a subject that interests many. While reading Isaiah 58, I noted some interesting … Continue reading →

Oh, that poor holly bush . . . bent down to the ground by its ice-covered branches, unable to stand up straight and it doesn’t look like it can survive— it looks hopeless. BUT . . . How often have … Continue reading →

  Pizza has always been a major part of my life from childhood to senior citizen, but I had never thought about the “hidden messages” in that delicious food that I consumed innocently just because it tasted good. CHILDHOOD: earliest memories … Continue reading →

to everything, there is a season . . . I have heard that passage from Ecclesiastes 3 read many times and I have heard it applied to many situations, but somehow, right now, it holds a depth of meaning I … Continue reading →

TODAY . . . today, a 24-hour time period—a man-defined period that tends to turn into weeks and months and years and decades and centuries leaving me feeling like a grain of sand on a very sandy beach . . … Continue reading →

Making breakfast this morning, after I had put the biscuits into bake, I started making some gravy for one of my favorite combos, biscuits and gravy . . . yum! As I watched the gravy thicken in the small skillet … Continue reading →

Sometimes it scares me to “turn it over to God” . . . I mean, it sounds good to ask for “living water,” but the next thing I know, I am trying to “fix” my world and all the things … Continue reading →

CHOICES – why do I make the choices I make? why do people I know make choices which I would not expect them to make? why does a seemingly rational person all of a sudden become irrational (in my estimation)? … Continue reading →