Tag Archives: trust

A World Upside Down

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Jan C. Johnson

Our world is upside-down, and I think I’m getting a little slap-happy being stuck at home most of the time. For instance, a commercial came on TV the other evening. The announcer said something about a “… Lindt chocolate bunny…” … Continue reading →

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Short Story Long

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Jan C. Johnson

Here’s the rest of the story I alluded to in my recent post “Persona.” For the first five of our nine days in Liberia, I tagged along with the team, attending church and visiting the local supporters and sister charities … Continue reading →

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Lies and Cow Pies: Revisited

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Jan C. Johnson

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I have no idea whose cows they were, or why I was wandering around with them in their enclosure — wearing a dress, mind you. I was only five, we were visiting my…

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For the “Season of Love”

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Jan C. Johnson

I recently re-read a familiar little story that seems to fit this “season of love.” You can read it here, in the Gospel of Luke. It tells about that time Jesus stopped by the home of his friends–three siblings–in the … Continue reading →

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Safer Than a Known Way, by Pamela R Moore

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Jan C. Johnson

I just noticed this on my bookshelf and remembered how enthralling I’d found Pamela Moore’s real-life story. Shyer than shy, she resisted surrendering to God’s will through her younger years. She feared having to do something truly terrifying, like serving … Continue reading →

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Drought. Flood. Next?

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Jan C. Johnson

I wondered. Should I even bother to write about Texas’s out-of-control May weather? After all, just about everybody in North America has seen photos and video of cars washed over to the side of freeways, helicopter rescues, whitewater parking lots, … Continue reading →

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