Weathering the Storm It was a peaceful afternoon. A group of my church friends and I were hanging out on the patio at one of their houses enjoying the warm spring weather and conversation about the last book we had read. It was a sweet retreat from the craziness that had been going on in […]
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The Areopagus Damaris Believes A Historical Fiction Short Story Athens is unusually busy this afternoon. I was feeling particularly gloomy and decided a walk was just what I needed. The philosophers were bound to be arguing at the Areopagus and I always enjoyed a heated debate, so off I went, pinning my blonde locks into
I took a boat tour of the caldera of the Santorini Island. The water was the bluest I’ve ever seen in my life. I wrote this little descriptive prose as the boat sailed along the coast line. Blue May 24, 2023 Can blue be so deep it fades to navy the deeper your stare down.
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Mr. Green Eyes To continue my look back at my trip to Greece here is a little prose I wrote about that fleeting encounter with the green-eyed stranger. Santorini 5-23-23 My eyes are downcast, searching for appropriate footfalls. One wrong step and a twisted ankle, a tumble down or even up the stairs, and I’d
This May marks one year since I embarked on a bucket list adventure to Greece. I didn’t share it on my blog last year, so I thought this May I could share my writings and pictures from that trip. Just a little reminder, that I actually went. 🙂 This is a little descriptive piece I
I had an amazing opportunity last week to help in the planning and presentation of our church’s women’s spring gathering event. I’ve helped in the past, but this time was particularly special because I got to write and present a mini-devotional for our gathering. Most of the time I write for myself or for my
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Is your Soul Downcast? Is your soul downcast? Are you in a time of despair? Does darkness surround you and light flees? We’ve all been there. Some call it depression. Some call it a funk. Some call it life. But life isn’t meant to be lived in such a gloomy state. God wants us to
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Tithes and Offering Last Sunday we had Missionaries to Africa visit our church. If you’ve ever attended a church service in which Missionaries are present, then you know about the offering basket that comes around at the end of the service in which the congregation is asked to help the missionaries monetarily for their expenses
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Power in Prayer I’ve prayed all my life. There were times in my life I prayed out of routine. There were seasons of my life where I prayed out of desperation. There were times when I prayed because I had no one else to talk to. And when I really think about what prayer means
I hope you had a blessed Easter weekend. Mine was lovely. My sister and I began a tradition last year to host Good Friday dinner before church, and we continued it this year. We’ve decided to make it our own special tradition every year and I absolutely love it! We’ve come to an age where
