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Summer Sunset

Summer Sunset and the heartbreak of anticipated goodbyes

Happy Easter

May you enjoy … confident freedom (Galatians 5:1) a fresh new life and lush beating heart (Ezekiel 36:26) living hope (1 Peter 1:3) and peace being for you (Mark 5:34) a free spirit (2 Corinthians 3:17) and perfect wild everlasting love (Zephaniah 3:17) that casts out fear (1 John 4:18) … they are already your’s, […]Read Post ›

Prisoner of Hope

A visualization exercise … imagine a future, the divine plan for my life, where all conditions are permanently perfect, then blow bubbles filled with that image and send them up to heaven, to God.

Yes

Eucharistia

As Thanksgiving fades out and the next season begins, I find myself thinking about the tenderizing effect this period of gratitude can have on my spirit, if I allow it. I mean truly allow it by focusing on nothing but the blessings and believing everything is blessing. We are encouraged in Romans 5 to “count it all […]Read Post ›

Who Am I?

So … my name is not really Ferrell McClanahan. I made that up. It is a combination of my grandmother’s last names. I haven’t shared my real name for a couple reasons. First – protection, for myself and my daughter. We are the survivors of an all out, no holds barred, gloves off, two year […]Read Post ›

Tending the Garden

There was a time I asked, “Will you tend the garden … the garden of your wife’s heart, the garden of your daughter’s heart?” One of many attempts to encourage the tender watering of our soul lives. I had heard somewhere that men respond to metaphors. As he stood there watching me plant spring flowers, […]Read Post ›