Beneath the Cross of Jesus

One of my all-time favorite hymns: Beneath the cross of Jesus I fain would take my stand, The shadow of a mighty rock within a weary land; A home within the wilderness, a rest upon the way, From the burning of the noontide heat, and the burden of the day. Upon that cross of Jesus [...]

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Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt: Bridge(s)

PhotoHunt Theme: Bridge(s) | Become a Photo Hunter When I saw this category months ago, I was excited because I had just the bridge in mind — one I had seen on the way to my son’s friend’s house, with a creek running over some rocks and a neat old shack. But when I passed [...]

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Friday’s Fave Five

(My Poetry Friday post is below this one) Susanne at Living to Tell the Story hosts a “Friday Fave Five” in which we share our five favorite things from the past week. Click on the button to read more of the details. It’s been a few weeks since I’ve participated, so a couple of these [...]

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Poetry Friday: Winter poems

I wanted to post a couple of favorite wintertime poems before winter gets too far gone. They are both a little lengthy and I would normally post them separately, but with Valentine’s Day coming up next week and then looking forward to spring after that, my focus will turn from winter. The Snow Folks I [...]

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Booking Through Thursday: Too Much Information?

The weekly Booking Through Thursday question for today is: Have you ever been put off an author’s books after reading a biography of them? Or the reverse – a biography has made you love an author more? I don’t think I have been put off of an author’s books after reading about the author — [...]

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Melli’s ABC Challenge

Melli is hosting an ABC photo challenge wherein we’re supposed to look for letters in common everyday things or in nature without actually manipulating anything to make the letter and without photographing the letter itself in a word. We’re doing two letters a week, and this week it is E and F. This is the [...]

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Quizzes

Saw both of these at Joyful Days: You Are Mac and Cheese When you are stressed out, you seek safety above everything else. And nothing is more nourishing than a big warm plate of carbs.Taking risks takes a toll on you, and you prefer your comfort food to be old fashioned. You’re the type of [...]

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The Bookshelf Meme

I’ve been in kind of a malaise this morning. Even though I had a nap yesterday and fell asleep on the couch last night before my usual bedtime and then overslept by an hour this morning, I still kept falling asleep while trying to read my Bible and felt foggy-headed all morning. I am just [...]

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Bible study on women

I did a Bible word search this week just looking for verses with the words “woman” or “women” in them. I excluded the ones speaking about particular women or the ones with detailed instructions from the OT ceremonial law except for a couple where I felt the principle still carried over today. I was looking [...]

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