Lockdown!

Lockdown!

Journey of Faith Journal #25-0325 “Pray without ceasing” 1 Thessalonians 5:17 “This, then, is how you should pray: … Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven… ” Matthew 6:9-10 I want to encourage you to pray without ceasing as...
Spring 3.21.25

Spring 3.21.25

Winter is over; bring on spring with slow walks under a warm sun along a country path bordered by daffodils. Sounds sooooo good! Ah! Spring!How do you define spring?Days turn warmer with nights still chillyLeaves on trees begin again to growFlowers bloom to cheer...
Lockdown!

Sunday Morning 3.22.20

Alice Nine’s Journey of Faith JournalMarch 22, 2020 It is a peaceful quiet Sunday morning. Breakfast in our warm kitchen: A bowl of steel cut oatmeal with a bit of heavy cream and brown sugar. A crunchy heel of rustic bread, toasted almost to the burn stage,...
The More I Seek You

The More I Seek You

On the night of His betrayal, “When Jesus had spoken…, He went out with His disciples … there was a garden, which He and His disciples entered. … Then Judas, having received a detachment of troops, and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, came there...
Blueberry Month

Blueberry Month

It’s July, the month of blueberries! This year we are still waiting for them to ripen… any day now! When I was a girl in New Jersey, we picked them in the wild. Now my dear friend Karen shares her verdant blueberry patch with us. Ah, blueberries are so...
Record-Breaking Heat Waves

Record-Breaking Heat Waves

Last weekend we had three days that were over 100. Saturday’s high was 108; Sunday’s was 112, and on Monday, we scorched at 116. The highest temperature ever recorded in Portland was 107 and that was three times–once in July 1965 and twice in August...