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When you need to simply trust

December 17, 2024

Advent anxiety children encouragement hope Matthew 18:3 peace trust

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Preparing a path and the next chapter

December 10, 2024

Advent desert encouragement Jerry Varnado Luke 3 Psalm 107 Ray Vander Laan

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Hope, the weary world, and yonder

December 03, 2024

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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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Bells Across the Snow for those who are sad

For many, the Christmas season is a hard time for various reasons. For some, the loss of loved ones is more keenly felt this time of year. For others the bright wrapping and lilting carols stand in contrast to an ongoing struggle with sadness, or serious illness. That’s why I’ve always appreciated that on Christmas Eve the devotional, Streams in the Desert, carries the poem , “Bells Across the Snow” by one of my favorite hymn writers, Frances Ridley Harvegal (Take My Life and Let it Be). It speaks to the tension between sorrow and joy, which almost everyone at some time in their life, experiences at Christmas. O Christmas, merry Christmas! Is it really come again, With its memories and greetings, With its joy and with its pain? There's a minor in the carol, And a shadow in the light, And a spray of cypress twining With the holly wreath to-night. And the hush is never broken By laughter light and low, As we listen in the starlight To the "bells across the...

When you taste and see at Thanksgiving

While shopping at a holiday market, I came across a bakery vendor offering frosted cookies with lines to write what we are thankful for in edible ink. It was just the kind of fun thing my people would like, so I bought a few (This bakery makes delicious cookies, I might add). The Psalmist wrote, “Taste and see that the Lord is good” (Psalm 34:8). When we eat the cookies, we will literally eat a list of our blessings--tasting the good. The word “taste’ in the original language of this verse means “taste, perceive, and eat.” When we sit down to our Thanksgiving meal, we can smell and touch it, but until we actually put Alyne Varnado’s recipe (or your relative’s recipe) for dressing in our mouths, we don’t get it. And unless we take a bite of one of those cookies, we’ll miss out, too. And “see” in that verse also means “perceive, but also look at, inspect, and consider.” And there is one other meaning that caught my eye, “to look on joyfully.” It is the same with the Lord. Until w...

When you need to simply trust

While attending another church to see neighbor children sing on a recent Advent Sunday, I experienced a poignant moment. At the end of the service, a sweet four-year-old sat in my lap, and as the directions for communion were explained, I had a bit of uncertainty about where the child I held would go while I took communion and when I should move forward. She had no uncertainty. She hopped off my lap, took my hand, and began leading me forward. Of course, I thought. She does this with her mother. She knows exactly what to do. Several hours later, I still pondered that experience. As so many of us do this time of year, my brain sometimes spins—checking the lists twice and that sort of thing. It can all get so complicated. “Whoever becomes simple and elemental again, like this child, will rank high in God’s kingdom” (Matthew 18:3). Jesus spoke these words to illustrate to the disciples who would be greatest in the kingdom, but they also tell us where our hearts need to be to live th...

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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