It’s the moment. That moment of beautiful anticipation. Tomorrow is Christmas! Our Advent Season is coming to completion. It’s a sacred moment, a quiet moment, a hold your breath kind of moment, because even the whisper of breath disturbers the stillness. It is time for Christ’s Candle. the people living in darkness have seen a […]
The Second Sunday of Advent: Peace
Can you imagine being Mary? A young unmarried girl suddenly found to be pregnant in a day when such a thing demanded stoning, and yet she was not afraid. Why not? What was it about Mary that gave her such peace in a situation where most would be, at the very best, afraid, and at […]
Twinkling Tree
Twinkling Tree A Poem, By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ Lights twinkle in a tree, And their warm glow comforts me. It shimmers and shines like a gilded thing, And my heart begins to sing. ~ I enter in to a time and space Of remembrance, and of so much grace, Where hope and peace seem […]
Grateful for Hearts Treasures
In just a few days it will be Thanksgiving! I love Thanksgiving. And I am increasingly loving gratitude. Not that I didn’t love gratitude before, I’ve always loved having a grateful heart. Still lately God has been bringing me on such a journey of gratitude. I’m not saying I’m very good at it yet, it […]
Unplugged! Say Hello to some Quiet!
Guess where I am? Go ahead and guess! I know, I’ve been giving construction updates on Mondays right? You want to know how the new site is coming! Well I’ll get to that. But first let me just share why I’m NOT going to be doing much work on the site this week. And why this […]
Worry Box
Worry Box A Poem By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ I put my worry in a box, And laid it at the cross. It was no great sacrifice, And certainly no loss. ~ But then I took it up again, And took it to myself, As if it was a long lost friend, Or some great […]
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 […]
Trusting Him
Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. John 12:24 Have you ever had a dream die? I remember when I was a young teenager I had so many dreams. I had […]
Enfold My Soul
Enfold My Soul A Poem By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ This is what you see of me At the end of self I be A refining process for all to see For my Fathers glory be ~ God, I hand You my heart And Lord, let the cleansing start I trust You Father, above all […]
The Pursuit of Peace
When I think of having an inner peace my brain somehow flicks over to a scene from Kung Fu Panda. In it Master Shifu is trying to meditate to gain inner peace and keeps becoming irritated by his latest, and seemingly least capable, pupil. “Inner Peace…. Inner Peace…. Inner Peace…” The scene always makes me […]