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In: Advent 2017, Bible Journaling, Recess with Jesus

For followers of Christ the joy of Christmas is in understanding the bigger picture. Watchful Waiting Joy is an attempt to help us focus our eyes on Truth and to intentionally apply it to life beyond Advent. I am so glad you’ve joined me here. May you be blessed and spurred on as you journal your reflections on God’s gift of love to us. Watchful Waiting Joy Advent Bible Journaling Focus – Week Two  Expensive Love My son has been working hard on an extravagant gift. He’s labored and toiled over it for hours, spent crazy amounts of money on it, and grown frustrated whenRead More →

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In: Bible Journaling, Recess with Jesus, Workshop

 Tuesday, December 19 10 – 11:30 AM  &  6 – 7:30 PM at LifeWay Christian Stores, Chambersburg, PA $5 Registration Fee Pre-Registration is required. Registration closes 24 hours before each workshop. Choose MORNING or EVENING to register. MORNING EVENING In December’s workshop you’ll learn how to do the napkin technique. The napkin technique is an old collage trick that maybe some of our crafty moms or grandmas did in their day. We’re going to use it in our Bibles. I’ll share some tips to help make it successful in your Bible or journal and we’ll combine it with the paint scraping technique from a previousRead More →

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In: Advent 2017, Bible Journaling, Recess with Jesus

  But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. 1 Peter 3:15a Hope has been on my mind and heart for months. And yes, it is the subject of our Watchful Waiting Joy Bible Journaling focus for week #1 of Advent. More and more I feel the hopelessness of the people in my neighborhood. This past fall an older man shot his wife and then killed himself. Over the time we have lived here two others have been murdered, families curse and fight,Read More →

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In: Bible Journaling, Recess with Jesus

Does spending time with God in His Word, the Bible, have to be serious all the time? Jesus wants to be part of our everyday life. I don’t know about you but I laugh a lot in my everyday life. I’ve cried a lot too but tears make the laughter more joyful! We invite Jesus into the tears because we need His help and His comfort, right? What if we invited Jesus into the laughter? The Psalmist said this… You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. PsalmRead More →

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In: Bible Journaling, Grace, Recess with Jesus

  The writers of the Psalms did it all the time… they poured their hearts out to God in cries so loud that sometimes we imagine we can almost hear the confusion, frustration, and grief in their words. Sometimes I feel like their words could have come from my own tongue. But those Psalmists never camped out in those emotions. They poured them out and in the next breath they were aiming their heart’s eyes toward praise and thanks and its fruit – a better perspective. As is typical of a season of victory, or at least moving forward to victory, one day I was filled with joy at beingRead More →