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I enjoy learning about my faith and spending time in prayer in nature, in the chapel or in my prayer chair. Many years ago, my journey began when I was re-awakened in my faith when I asked God what my purpose was. He answered by setting me on fire and I have been journeying with Him since.

• Preparing the wasteland within

  By joannsblog2016 on December 5, 2021 • ( 0 )

  “A voice cries out: In the desert prepare the way of the LORD! Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our God!” Isaiah 40:3 Today we enter into week 2 of our Advent preparation.  We are full of hope… Read More ›

• Hope fills the heart

  By joannsblog2016 on December 3, 2021 • ( 4 )

  “The Lord is my light and my salvation.  Whom should I fear.” Psalm 27:1 During Advent, we light our wreaths to fill the darkness in our world with the light of Christ. It is symbolic of the true light that… Read More ›

• Hope fills the heart

  By joannsblog2016 on December 3, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  “The Lord is my light and my salvation.  Whom should I fear.” Psalm 27:1 During Advent, we light our wreaths to fill the darkness in our world with the light of Christ. It is symbolic of the true light that… Read More ›

• Endure and Persevere through Hope

  By joannsblog2016 on December 2, 2021 • ( 2 )

  “The hope of truth and of freedom is already ours, dearly beloved, but if we are to attain truth and freedom in reality we must endure and persevere.”  St Cyprian St. Cyprian We are just passed the midpoint of our… Read More ›

• What do you believe?

  By joannsblog2016 on November 30, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  “For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved…But how can they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in him of… Read More ›

• Anticipation

  By joannsblog2016 on November 28, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  “May the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we have for you, so as to strengthen your hearts, to be blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the… Read More ›

• Perfection of perseverence – found in the heart

  By joannsblog2016 on October 31, 2021 • ( 6 )

  

  Ever feel like the tree you’ve worked so hard to nourish is twisted and mangled by the tornado whirling around you? Lately it seems like I’m walking a journey I walked many years ago for the second time. This time… Read More ›

• What are you holding on to?

  By joannsblog2016 on October 10, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  “I prayed and prudence was given me; I pleaded and the spirit of wisdom came to me.” Wisdom 7:7 Do you find yourself holding on to things in your life, material stuff, anger, resentment, jealousy, relationships? Or perhaps, these things… Read More ›

• An invitation to be interrupted

  By joannsblog2016 on September 19, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Ever read something in the Bible and you were picked up and transported to a period in your life? One Sunday morning, after reading the first… Read More ›

• Demolition day…

  By joannsblog2016 on August 29, 2021 • ( 2 )

  

  “There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.” St Augustine Ever had that moment that breaks down the walls of pride, uncovering the vulnerable interior of your heart?  If so, how did the demolition feel?  Was it tough… Read More ›