The idea of the wimpy Sunday school Christ is one that has always irritated me to no end, and a complaint I often have is that this culture doesn’t seem to understand the strength of a Savior who chooses to lay down His life for us. Given these facts I found the book Jesus Was […]
7 Apps to Help You Engage Your Faith
In honor of The YouVersion Bible apps new redesign, today I’m going to share with you seven apps I use in my daily devotion time! “There’s an app for that.” has been a fairly common refrain for quite awhile now, to the point that the phenomena is rather old news, but the huge resource that is […]
Turning Thirty and Smiling: Happy Birthday to Me!
Today is my birthday, my thirtieth birthday, and I am SO blessed. So thankful, so overwhelmed with gratitude for my life. Nearly fifteen years ago I was diagnosed with liver disease, and I remember asking the doctor how long I would be healthy, how long I would be ok. He couldn’t answer. A few years? […]
A Patch of Green Grass
The evening was cool, and refreshing after a week of one-hundred degree weather. Summer, in full swing in drought ridden California, can be described in one word: Oven. Over the months my eyes have seen more brown, dead, grass than I’ve ever seen before, a testament that the people here are increasingly concerned with the evidence of dryness around […]
Book Review: Praying Upside Down by Kelly O’Dell Stanley
I am so late getting this review out! But somehow I couldn’t rush through this book. Praying Upside Down, by Kelly O’Dell Stanley is one of the best books on prayer I have ever read. No joke. Right from the start this book had my attention, probably because Kelly spoke in words very familiar to […]
Tossing No Stones
My heart aches inside me, it breaks. I see such hate, such disgust, so many pointed fingers. But most of all, I see pain. A person, genetically male, has called himself female. One side rises, in triumph, in rejoicing over freedom of expression of self. The other side rises vehemently in disgust and condemnation. And […]
Questions
Doubt plagues my mind. Am I a writer? Should I even be trying at this whole blogging thing? Am I a failure? Do I have a voice that matters? So many times I fall into the same trap: Judging myself based on how I think the world would judge me, and finding myself wanting. I’ve […]
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 […]
Lean In to the Light
I love spring, I love the beauty of flowers peeking out, I love the smell of fresh earth in a garden, I love the sunshine. Spring has a kind of smell to it, a kind of freshness to the air. It speaks of earth and growth and life. Makes me want to plant something! Unfortunately, […]
The Joyful Truth is Two!
Wow! Tomorrow is the two year anniversary of my very very first post here on The Joyful Truth! My First Post– The Honor in Giving out of Poverty I’m amazed! It’s been such a journey, and though maybe this blog hasn’t grown the way I wanted it to, it has been such an incredible blessing […]
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