Mar 3You Are Not AloneThere is one message I want others to know, and it is this: you’re not alone. You are not alone. This fundamental principle we wrote...
Jan 11Hope When You Can’t Catch a BreakWhen you can’t catch a break, take a new grip with your tired hands onto hope. Many people begin the New Year with the mantra “New Year,...
Dec 27, 2021Sorrow Shadowed JoyJoy is the serious business of heaven. -C. S. Lewis. Are you approaching the New Year with a limp in your spirit and sorrow shadowed joy?...
Nov 22, 2021Managing Grief During the HolidaysManaging Grief During the Holidays is a conversation deserving attention. For many, Thanksgiving and Christmas are happy times but...
Sep 8, 2021Alone With My FaithIn 2021, Harry Connick Jr. released a new album titled Alone with My Faith. I leaned in and listened intently as Connick shared the...
Jul 23, 2021Long-Haul Adversity Requires Long FaithPrior to the coronavirus, the term “long hauler” described the life of a tractor-trailer driver crisscrossing the US with their freight....
Jun 10, 2021Borrow Hope from God by Rev. April H. CranfordIn seasons of doubt, weariness, or fear we can borrow hope from God and our friends to help us persevere through hardship. I am not a...
Apr 12, 2021When Life Hands You Scraps Make a QuiltWhen Life Hands You Scraps, Make a Quilt. My friend and I chuckled at this quote hand-painted on a wall in a Chesapeake, VA sewing shop....
Apr 1, 2021I’m April Dawn and This is My MonthHi! I’m April Dawn and this is my month. There’s always been a bit of fun, joking, and curiosity behind my name. So today, on April...
Mar 8, 2021When Your Heart Needs a FriendWhere do you turn when your heart needs a friend? I’m not talking about the gym friend or the book club friend. Instead, a friend who’s...
Feb 4, 2021Pile Your Troubles on God’s ShouldersLearn to Pile Your Troubles on God’s Shoulders. Burdens lurking at every turn mound quicker than our weary minds can process. These...
Jan 12, 2021Stop the Stampede of Negative ThoughtsHow do we stop the stampede of negative thoughts? If left unrestrained, negative thoughts will gallop through our mind, like wild...
Jan 2, 2021New Year’s Queso MishapI had a New Year’s queso mishap. I think I lost a powder-dipped fingernail in the queso. I made a queso dip for the kid’s NYE gathering....
Dec 4, 2020Hope Has A Name, Immanuel, God With UsHope has a name, Immanuel, God with us. This year ambiguity, divisiveness, isolation, financial strain, and a worldwide pandemic have...
Nov 11, 202012 Verses About The Lord is Our Keeper“The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand.” (Psalm 121:5, NKJV) In the midst of my bout of Covid induced...
Sep 3, 2020God Does Not Change“I the Lord do not change.” -God (Malachi 3:6) God Does Not Change During this time of quarantine, isolation, and abundant change, the...
Aug 28, 20204 Lessons from the Sunflower Farm“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It’s what the sunflowers do.” ~Helen Keller 4 Lessons from the Sunflower...
Aug 6, 2020Jesus, Coffee, & Afternoon NapsOur world is complicated, uncertain, and harsh. Would you agree? Too many demands morph our Instagram worthy, color-coded weekly...
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