Skip to main content

Beverly Varnado at One Ringing Bell

Beverly Varnado at One Ringing Bell

Search This Blog

Showing posts from March, 2025

Posts

The light and your beating heart

encouragement God of light God's light light Matthew 5:14-16 witness witnessing

+

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Words of encouragement if you're in a wilderness

Dream Summer encouragement Hebrews 12:1-3 Laura Ingalls Wilder

+

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

What to leave behind

Ecclesiastes 2:18-19 encouragement Reverlation 12:11 testimony witness writing

+

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Keeping it Separate

encouragement Ezekiel 42:20 holiness

+

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Click for my most recent book

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

Popular Posts

What the promises can do

In the past few weeks, the Lord planted a sustaining verse in my spirit. From Psalm 119:50, “My comfort in my suffering is this; Your promise preserves my life.” It’s good to know the word translated as “preserves” in the NIV is in the original language, the word “chayah,” which the Strong’s Concordance says means “to live” or “to be alive.” It is used in the Old Testament in several ways including physical and spiritual revival as well as “restoration from the dead. The term can also imply thriving or flourishing, indicating a state of well-being and vitality.” There are many nuances of “chayah” and here are a few of the various meanings given through Old Testament scriptures: preserve alive, give life, quicken, restore to life, cause to grow, revive in God’s favor, quicken, restore to health, nourish, and there are several more, but you get the picture. The word “chayah” has an all-encompassing meaning which wraps in our body, souls, minds, and spirits. So, when I read “Your pr...

Keeping it Separate

My daily scripture reading one day last week took me to Ezekiel where in a vision, Ezekiel saw a man “whose appearance was like bronze.” This man took Ezekiel on a tour of the restored temple. As I was reading, a thought crossed my mind of something I needed to check unrelated to the scriptures. I absent mindedly reached for my phone and the next verse I read was about the wall around the temple which was intended “to separate the holy from the common” (Ezekiel 42:20). I slid my hand away from my phone. I sensed a moment of correction from the Lord. I was about to bring the common into the holy space of my meeting with the Lord. I meditated on that scripture for days wondering how in other ways I introduce the common into places which ought to be kept Holy to the Lord. It’s a case for putting our phones in a basket as some do at meals. Because when we meet with the Lord, we feast in such a greater way on the very bread of life. And I don’t know about you but having that ...

What to leave behind

One recent morning I came upon these words of King Solomon which reference the things he has toiled for and what happens to them when he dies: “. . . I leave them to the one who comes after me. And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Yet they will have control over all the fruit of my toil into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless” (Ecclesiastes 2:18-19). Not exactly inspirational. I’ve often wondered if Solomon might have been a bit down when he wrote those first two chapters in Ecclesiastes. Later that morning, while waiting for a doctor’s appointment, I picked up a magazine. Photos of a beautifully appointed coastal home graced several pages. The homeowner wanting to abandon the neutral palette which is so popular these days had asked the designer to drench her home in color. The designer did just that, and the result was breathtaking. But a sad note was included. The homeowner died just after the photos were taken. Solo...

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

Ringing Bell Archives

2025 12

2024 51
- December 5
- November 4
- October 5
- September 4
- August 4
- July 3
- June 4
- May 4
- April 5
- March 4
- February 4
- January 5
2023 52
- December 4
- November 4
- October 5
- September 4
- August 4
- July 5
- June 4
- May 5
- April 4
- March 4
- February 4
- January 5
2022 52
- December 4
- November 5
- October 4
- September 4
- August 5
- July 4
- June 4
- May 5
- April 4
- March 5
- February 4
- January 4
2021 53
- December 4
- November 5
- October 4
- September 4
- August 5
- July 5
- June 5
- May 4
- April 4
- March 5
- February 4
- January 4
2020 54
- December 5
- November 4
- October 4
- September 5
- August 4
- July 4
- June 5
- May 4
- April 4
- March 7
- February 4
- January 4
2019 53
- December 5
- November 4
- October 5
- September 4
- August 4
- July 5
- June 4
- May 4
- April 5
- March 4
- February 4
- January 5
2018 55
- December 4
- November 4
- October 6
- September 5
- August 5
- July 5
- June 4
- May 5
- April 4
- March 4
- February 4
- January 5
2017 53
- December 4
- November 4
- October 5
- September 4
- August 5
- July 5
- June 4
- May 5
- April 4
- March 4
- February 4
- January 5
2016 53
- December 4
- November 5
- October 3
- September 6
- August 5
- July 4
- June 4
- May 5
- April 4
- March 5
- February 4
- January 4
2015 53
- December 5
- November 4
- October 4
- September 5
- August 4
- July 6
- June 4
- May 4
- April 4
- March 5
- February 4
- January 4
2014 123
- December 5
- November 4
- October 31
- September 9
- August 8
- July 8
- June 10
- May 10
- April 12
- March 9
- February 8
- January 9
2013 81
- December 8
- November 8
- October 10
- September 11
- August 11
- July 4
- June 3
- May 4
- April 4
- March 9
- February 4
- January 5
2012 103
- December 5
- November 6
- October 8
- September 8
- August 8
- July 9
- June 11
- May 8
- April 11
- March 12
- February 10
- January 7
2011 144
- December 10
- November 9
- October 9
- September 12
- August 13
- July 12
- June 14
- May 16
- April 18
- March 14
- February 8
- January 9
2010 85
- December 8
- November 11
- October 31
- September 10
- August 9
- July 11
- June 5

Show more Show less

Labels

"Lincoln's Portrait"
1 Corinthians 13:8
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
1 John 1:7
1 Thessalonians 5:17
10
1000 Moms
15
1776
1880's Town

Show more Show less

Report Abuse

Powered by Blogger

Copyright © 2023 BeverlyVarnado LLC