a sprinkle of faith

Tag: journaling

  • What IS the Hurry?

    Hurry always empties a soul. Ann Voskamp Today my mood was: HURRIED. What’s funny about the word hurry is that it could lead you to believe that I was hurrying around—doing lots of activities. The truth of the matter is that I hardly moved, and I accomplished very little! All of the rushing around was in my head.…

  • Art: A Great Read

    I’m sharing someone else’s words today. “An old silent pond. Into the pond a frog jumps. Splash! Silence again.” It is perhaps the best known of all Japanese haiku. No subject could be more humdrum. No language could be more pedestrian. Basho, the poet, makes no comment on what he is describing. He implies no…

  • Contemplation

    Contemplation

    Today… my mood is contemplative. Most definitely!

  • Confessions: Part Seven

    We had an interesting topic come up during our meeting last night. The enemy. Cunning, baffling and powerful. I decided that this subject would be a great opener for the final chapter. Why DO we believe negative things about ourselves, and where DO those thoughts come from in the first place? Why do we self-sabotage and…

  • Stay Focused

    Stay Focused

    First of all, as a little side note to my Confession series—I’ve been contemplating a reining in season for myself. When I started this blog in October, I was literally floating on a cloud of peace—focused on God. To be honest, sometimes I fear lately that I spend more time talking ABOUT God, than I…

  • Unteach Me

    Unteach Me

    A Story of Recovery CHAPTER ONE: IN THE BEGINNING CHAPTER TWO: REWRITING YOUR STORY CHAPTER THREE: THE AUTHOR OF MY LIFE CHAPTER FOUR: SWEET SURRENDER (COMING SOON) HEARING GOD’S WHISPER: Whenever I talk about finding God, I always wonder how people perceive that. You know… like… I wonder if they think I saw a vision (or…