I want to Surrender to God but I don’t know How Today is 5-Minute Friday and the prompt is SURRENDER. Five minutes to write… Set the timer. GO. As I surrender to God I ask Him to give me the words to write. I think back – to the year 2000. That’s when I did… Continue reading Three Ways to Surrender All to God
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Stockings: Drawing Shouldn’t Be Complicated
33 Dots: Stockings “And the stockings were hung by the chimney with care in the hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.” Christmas has come and gone but not the spirit of Christmas – that’s what should last all year. Today I drew my 33 dots again. This time I saw the stockings immediately.… Continue reading Stockings: Drawing Shouldn’t Be Complicated
Be Silent – And Remember
Be Silent and Remember Tomorrow is Remembrance day. We need to spend at least 2 minutes in silence listening to the Lord’s voice about this day. What are His thoughts? What does He want you to remember? Today is 5-minute Friday. The clock is set and I am ready to write for 5 minutes. 5-Minute… Continue reading Be Silent – And Remember
How Can Joining a Group help me reach God?- Psalms Come Alive
How Can Joining a Group help me reach God? Let’s make the Psalms come alive. I haven’t been posting here much as I have been posting on Medium.com. I am building a following there too. Also I have started a Facebook study group of Psalms Alive by David Kitz. I hope to keep you up-to-date… Continue reading How Can Joining a Group help me reach God?- Psalms Come Alive
Radio – How I broadcast at Hope Stream Radio
Broadcasting on Radio This week’s prompt for #ScribblePicnic is “radio”. Actually it is too funny that this is today’s prompt. Last week I spent time at a Christian Writers’ Conference in Edmonton, Alberta. It is called Inscribe Writers’ Fellowship. What an amazing time I had! Look for changes coming in the next months. For “radio”… Continue reading Radio – How I broadcast at Hope Stream Radio
Active listening – How to Control the Mental Racket when I Pray
Active listening – How to Control the Mental Racket when I Pray A lesson on active listening The other day I read a post about being an active listener and how important it can be. I have a head that never stops thinking except when I am asleep. And I’m not sure about that either… Continue reading Active listening – How to Control the Mental Racket when I Pray
Don’t peel that birch bark!
Don’t peel the birch bark! Scribble Picnic: Curly The prompt this week is curly. When we first think of curly we think of curly locks – Shirley Temple. But my mind went to our week at the cottage when the kids brought some pieces of birch bark over to the fire. Joining #ScribblePicnic with Michael.… Continue reading Don’t peel that birch bark!
How Does Your Garden Grow?
My Flowerbed: Scribble Picnic This week on Scribble Picnic the prompt is “flowerbed”. We are away on holidays so I did a quick sketch and watercolour pencils painting of a few of the flowers in our flowerbed before I left. This year our plants have suffered from so much rain. But still my garden grows.… Continue reading How Does Your Garden Grow?
How To Find Out About Prayer
How To Find Out About Prayer I have been writing on medium.com for the past month. This post is the start of a few posts about a 40 Day Challenge following Mark Batterson’s book, Draw the Circle. I have started a 40 Day Prayer Challenge based on the book Draw the Circle by Mark Batterson. I’m not… Continue reading How To Find Out About Prayer
How Can We Make a Visit Turn into More than That?
Visit: Five Minute Friday Each week I try to join Five Minute Friday to write for 5 minutes without editing. I have been unable to do this for the past few weeks and I missed it. So today’s word is visit because Five Minute Friday is moving to a self-hosted site fiveminutefriday.com. Today’s post is still… Continue reading How Can We Make a Visit Turn into More than That?