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September 26, 2023

Beverly Varnado encouragement God's love In Search of the Painted Bunting love Romans 12:9

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Judging and 3 Ways To Avoid Doing It

September 19, 2023

encouragement In Search of the Painted Bunting Judgment Proverbs 9:10 Romans 7:18-19

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Joy, Pain, and the Painted Bunting Discovery

September 12, 2023

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In Search of the Painted Bunting

September 05, 2023

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In Search of the Painted Bunting is a poignant and perceptive portrait of a young girl struggling with timeless challenges. Cornelia Taylor is on a quest to find an exotic bird, the Painted Bunting. But, like all quests, her path does not go on a straight line. It branches out in unexpected ways as Cornelia navigates the turbulent 1960s, as well as the turbulence in her family and at school. The discoveries Cornelia makes and the lessons she learns along the way are just as relevant today. This story raises important questions for every reader. What is your Painted Bunting? What is your quest? And how does God speak to you and lead you along the twists and turns of your path? I highly recommend In Search of the Painted Bunting, as it explores the joys and heartbreaks of adolescence. It will inspire you to search for your own elusive Painted Bunting. - Doug Peterson, Author of over 40 VeggieTales books

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Tea Olives, Heaven, and Mom

Mom and I Mom, My sister Tammy, and I As I walked in my neighborhood last night, the distinctive fragrance of tea olives floated in the air and reminded me of a long-ago time. When my daughter was young, I would drop her off in the evening for gymnastics practice at a gym in a county park near our home. Then when my mom had a fall and came to a rehab facility here in our town, I would walk through the tea olive filled park to the facility to see my mother. After she had been here a few months, and could not recover, we discovered the reason for the fall was terminal cancer. I visited her several times a day, but each evening , I’d move from the intoxicating smell of the tea olives to that of the facility, which was not necessarily bad, but simply different. My mother didn’t want to be there. She wanted to be home. Who wouldn’t feel that way? But home hadn’t been a possibility for her in quite a while with so many difficult health issues. I felt helpless in the face of a cruel disease...

When it's time to turn your easel around

For a while now, I’ve followed a social media account of the prolific Birmingham artist, Miriam McClung. Getting on in years now, she has been painting for seventy-five years. Educated in the south, she also studied at the Art Students League in New York City and worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her website notes that she then returned to Alabama and painted landscapes of the state and scenes around Birmingham. She has studied with some of the best artists in the country. At the age of fifty, she pivoted from the work she had previously done to especially seeking God’s purposes in her work. Her son curates her account and during the Lenten season, he posted many of her faith centered works including several from her Stations of the Cross series. I could go on and on about how much I love the videos of her talking about her work, the scenes she painted of her home where she cared for her husband, and one of my favorite paintings which is of her laundry room. It reminds me o...

Healing is Hers. Joy is Mine.

Guest posting today is my dear friend, Andrea Flanagan Edmunds. She recently said a final goodbye to her special needs daughter, Presley. I have known Andrea for many years and she exemplifies joy in the midst of great challenges. Today she writes about that joy and God's purposes in her daughter's life. You will be blessed by the words she shares. Welcome to One Ringing Bell, Andrea. My precious, seventeen year old, special needs daughter passed away two weeks ago. She has been ultimately healed and is in heaven with a new body, walking for the first time. I miss her so much my heart literally aches, yet I do have joy. Joy knowing she lived this life and fulfilled the purpose God set out for her. Joy, because this verse rings true: “You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy…” (Psalm 16:11). Some told me after her passing that she was probably “better off.” I shake off those words meant with good intentions, because they d...

Beverly Varnado: Beverly Varnado writes from a desk with a view of woodpeckers, cardinals, chipmunks, and squirrels. Inside, cats prance across her keyboard and her dog, Lucy, slumbers beside her on a big pillow. When she's not writing, she's cleaning up after animals. She is a published author as well as a screenwriter, blogger, and artist. Her most recent book is a middle grade historical, In Search of the Painted Bunting from Elk Lake Publishing. Her blog, One Ringing Bell, has nearly 1,000 posts in its archives. Her work has been featured on World Radio, in the Upper Room Magazine, and in many other periodicals, anthologies, and online sites. She has been a finalist for the prestigious Kairos Prize in screenwriting and has other non-fiction and fiction books available. She also enjoys participating in gallery exhibits. She lives in North Georgia with her husband, Jerry, and is Mom to three and Mimi to two. Learn more at https://linktr.ee/BeverlyVarnado

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