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The Now and the Not Yet

April 10, 2020 By Verna Bowman 6 Comments

It’s Friday but we want Sunday . . . it’s now but we want not yet. The passing of my mom added to the sorrow of a Holy Week fourteen years ago today.  It was hard to look past her suffering to see the hallelujahs in it all. I remember thinking in those last moments as her heart faded – we’re all in critical condition needing … [Read more...]

Tagged With: #Easter, crucifixion, Good Friday, mourn, resurrection

Even Now

March 19, 2020 By Verna Bowman 4 Comments

In a strangely still community where only a few weeks ago we were going through the rush and the race of the everyday, suddenly we are forced to suspend our fast-paced-usual. And everything changes in our taken-for-granted life.  Sorry to say that so often I’ve wished for the gift of a gutted calendar with less appointments, … [Read more...]

Tagged With: #courage, #virus, even now, Hope, not even now

Spring – Season of Hope

February 25, 2020 By Verna Bowman 2 Comments

Spring is a season of hope. No matter how mild the winter, this time every year we wait anxiously for the beginning of Spring and the “new” it brings. And it’s less than three weeks away! Looking from my office window I’m not seeing a change in season yet - but assured it’s hidden within the mix of a robin perched on a naked … [Read more...]

Tagged With: #spring, Ash Wednesday, Hope, Lent

Twenty-Twenty Vision

January 1, 2020 By Verna Bowman 13 Comments

Dearest You. As another year comes to an end – do you wonder what’s ahead? If we could see that far and that deep – we probably wouldn’t want to.  At the end of 2018 who could have thought what would take place in our life in 2019? Not us. So at the end and the beginning, we stand on the known and the unknown. This past … [Read more...]

Tagged With: #2020, Hope, Lamentations 3, new year, twenty-twenty vision

It’s a Wonderful (Changed) Life

December 18, 2019 By Verna Bowman 8 Comments

wonderful life

I love the beloved classic It’s a Wonderful Life– every season my husband and I looked forward to our video version after trimming the tree.  A sweet tradition that’s been changed . . . because life is not always black and white.  And I miss him. Last evening, I went to a local movie theatre with a dear friend to see the full … [Read more...]

Tagged With: #Christmas classic, #grateful, #it's a wonderful life

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His Word – My Hope

And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.

Luke chapter two

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