Entries by Jenna

In Times of Change

“I’m Holding on Tight to You”   “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” -Hebrews 13:8   Do you have a bear or stuffie that you sleep with every night? Chances are, that stuffie brings you a lot of comfort, doesn’t he? No matter what is going on in life, or whatever […]

To-Do List Blues

My life was on overload like the clutter of my email inbox   I can make anything about a checklist. A goal to accomplish. A race to be won.   Currently, I am trying to get better about drinking water: the way I go about dehydrating myself throughout the day to push for one more […]

“I’m a crabby person.”

“That’s just who I am,” I conceded to my husband the other day, my defeatist attitude brought on by a recent stream of moodiness I couldn’t seem to get a handle on. Any chance you’re in that kind of season, too? In “The Broken Way” calendar with daily quotations from one of my favorite authors, […]

Doors Thrown Open

A Disney Frozen-themed devotional for kids   “…We throw open our doors to God and discover at the same moment that he has already thrown open his door to us. We find ourselves standing where we always hoped we might stand—out in the wide open spaces of God’s grace and glory…” -Romans 5:1-2 (MSG)   […]

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Does “2020 Suck” in the kingdom of heaven?

The other day, I was outside doing chores when a neighbor walked by with his dog and his son on training wheels. As the dad tripped up on the slack of the dog’s leash, his trendy t-shirt slogan had me doing a double-take. In big bold letters, the shirt said “2020 SUCKS.”   The sentiment […]

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The new I hadn’t perceived

  When tragic life moments like what happened to #georgefloyd pass through our world, I could choose to shelter my ten-year-old white male child from the reality of the news blazing through my phone and on my computer screen. But I think he’s old enough, and he is curious. I chose to let him see […]

From 9/11 to Covid-19: An Open Letter to the Class of 2020

A little bit ago, all your hopes, dreams and aspirations seemed to be running full steam ahead. You were just months away from graduation and all the excitement that comes with it: senior prank plans were in the works and pretty soon you’d be sending out all those graduation announcements and party dates. But all […]

Certain God in Uncertain Times

The sun rose this morning with its sherbet oranges and pinks, its cotton candy blues. The green blades of the soon-to-be daffodils pointed upward toward the master painting swooped across the sky. This has been nature’s backdrop on our way to the school bus stop for the last several mornings, only the blades are taller […]

Jesus Thaws My Frozen Heart

Plus, what is a frozen heart?   Did you know that physical temperature can be used to describe the way a person interacts with others? For example, have you ever heard someone describe another person as “cold?” Maybe you’ve even heard the phrase, “She gave me the cold shoulder.” It’s a common way to describe […]

New Life? It calls me.

Plus, God’s mission to share it as observed through Moana   “If the voice starts to whisper to follow the farthest star, that voice inside is who you are.” – Moana’s Grandma   What’s your calling from God? Ever looked down the path in the direction to which God is nudging you onward, and you can […]