by Jane VanOsdol | Apr 12, 2023 | Body
My 10-year-old self could sense something different in the air. I inhaled deeply. It smelled like … spring! After several months of a frigid, snowy Michigan winter, my nose told me the seasons were changing. It was a mingling of sun-warmed soggy earth with a hint of...
by Jane VanOsdol | Feb 22, 2023 | Spirit
For dust you are and to dust you shall return. Genesis 3:19 NKJV Ash Wednesday I grew up going to church with my family on Ash Wednesday. Every year we quietly lined up to receive the ashes in the sign of the cross on our foreheads. As I walked back to my seat,...
by Jane VanOsdol | Jan 26, 2023 | Soul
Get a Vision It’s been almost a month since we’ve rang in the New Year. Confetti has settled. Champaign bubbles have fizzled. Vacation is a memory. We’ve a new year before us, fresh and untested, ready to be explored. The question is, Will we be intentional...
by Jane VanOsdol | Dec 2, 2022 | Body
Changing Season Changing Body & Mind With a huge yawn I forced myself out of my comfy chair and cozy blanket where I’d dozed after a busy day. I might as well get ready for bed. I walked into the kitchen to switch off the over-the-sink light and glanced at the...
by Jane VanOsdol | Nov 20, 2022 | Spirit
Is the busyness of the season derailing your devotions? Advent Devotional for Busy Women We know your days are already full. Many of you are moms with children. Some of you are caregivers for a chronically ill spouse or child. And a lot of you are trying to hold down...
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