Mandy Kelly – A Tribute The Blogging world is in many ways its own community, and as in any community and you have people who influence you and who you admire. In my little corner of the web Mandy Kelly was a face I recognized quite often in my feed. She was in my sphere, […]
Book Review: Brave Enough by Nicole Unice
Somehow lately I keep getting hard books for review. I don’t mean that they are hard in that they are difficult to read, or extra long, or poorly executed, but that they are books you can’t simply read in one sitting. I keep getting books that demand my attention, my time, my thoughts, in big […]
Book Review: Undone by Michele Cushatt
What happens to you when the very foundations of your life shakes? In a sense, that is the question that is all through this book, Undone, a Memoir by Michele Cushatt. In an intimate glimpse into another persons journey she takes you along with her as she travels through experiences that would rock the world […]
Hinds’ Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard
I’ve been doing book reviews for a bit now, getting new to me books from book review programs for free! Yeah, it’s pretty sweet to get free books on the condition of providing a review! But I’ve been thinking, there are quite a few other books I’d love to share with you, and I don’t […]
Most Incredible of Thoughts
Most Incredible of Thoughts A Poem, By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ There is a thought, To big to contemplate, To enormous to be sought, Too magnanimous to formulate. ~ This thought cannot be grasped, Most certainly can’t be hidden. It cannot be asked, No suitable answer given. ~ Though it most certainly can be touched. […]
Grace for Ahab?
Ever hear about Ahab? Not the best role model in scripture. Maybe you’re more familiar with the name of his wife? Jezebel? Under their rule prophets were murdered, idol worship abounded, of him is said: There was never anyone like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, urged on […]
Just Breathe
Breathe In. Breathe in His Strength. Breathe Out. Breathe out my weakness. Breathe In. Breathe in His Glory. Breathe Out. Breathe out my shame. Breathe In. Breathe Out. Breathe In Him. Breathe Out Me. In. Out. In. Out. Such a glorious exchange! Take in His Constancy, His Holiness, His Rightness. Take in Himself. Let everything […]
To Be Fully Known
There isn’t anyone on this earth that can fully and totally understand another person. There isn’t anyone who can completely understand your happiness. There isn’t anyone who can completely understand you pain. Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy. Proverbs 14:10 We like to think we can understand […]
What Kind of Listener Are You?
Conflict. Anger. Offence. They can kill our relationships and our families. Destroy our trust in each other and cause quite a lot of pain. And so much of it can be prevented simply in how we listen to each other. A while ago I was watching something and I saw out of the corner of […]
Grace for the Beast
Sometimes I think I see the world in a somewhat odd way. I’m extremely analytical, and very sympathetic. When I hear of the horrors and atrocities committed by people I’m caught up in the question, “why?” I look for reasons, reasonable ones, that could have led this person down this road to become the person that […]