Hope deferred, Joy found {and a review}

This weekend, one of my earthly hopes was deferred , again.  Maybe something you've been hoping in was not granted either.  If so, you u...

Ten Ways to Give Life to Your Home

Hello friends!  Its been a busy day here at our home; hubby is working from home and I am busy as well, cleaning closets, laundry and the li...

The Foes of Grace

Hello blog friends.  It is nice to 'see you' here!  I trust you are having a great day.  It is another beautiful Florida day and I a...

On the Bookshelf

Good books keep me going....and here are a couple that have encouraged me lately.  Perhaps they will do the same for you! I had a lovely tim...

Books I'm Reading

Thought I'd say hello to all you who are surfing the web for deals today!  I am home, keeping busy with various things -- its amazing ho...

Good Reads...

1. My Mama Had a Dancing Heart ...This is a children's book I found in our classroom stash while we were packing up, and it just warmed...

Coming Home to Joy (Padraig the dragon & marriage...)

Hello friends, it's your long-lost blogging friend!  I am swamped planning the party of a lifetime, also known as a wedding...I see the ...

His ways are higher...

I'm reading a great book, recommended by a dear friend who you can find  here , and also by my love.  It is challenging me, which I expe...

Choosing Gratitude

Why does this seem like such an impossible feat? Why do our hearts, or rather, why does my heart so often default to resentment over gratit...

Blogging for Books

Hello friends... Just an update on a new endeavor I am starting in conjunction with WaterBrook/Multnomah Publishing, out in Colorado Springs...

Confessions of a Book Addict, part 2

You've got to get this book ( Permission to Speak Freely ) .  "I'm just saying."  (Who says that?  I think I stole that ph...

J is for Jesus...and Joyful...

He's always listening.  Jesus, that is.  I spent my 50-minute commute to work this morning listening to the beginning of Francis Chan...