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Mixed Message

February 18, 2021 By Verna Bowman Leave a Comment

No matter how early Ash Wednesday comes every year, we have the assurance of Spring waiting around a cold corner to unveil the earth with new life.  The view outside my window today brings a mixed message as Spring perches on a winter-ish branch above would-be blossoms buried under the weight of snow. It’s easy to fix our … [Read more...]

Tagged With: #Mixed message, #spring, #vernabowman.com, cross, Lent

Be an Oak

January 29, 2021 By Verna Bowman 1 Comment

We continue to make our way into this new year and shake off the old that rages wild. And I’ve been asked, but I’m asking – what is the best way to go from here?  It’s enough to make a disoriented girl run to the cornfield.  And so I do, in the cold and stark of winter, even when the field is as leveled as I am. Twenty-twenty … [Read more...]

Tagged With: #steadfast faith, #tree-hugger, Psalm 1, trees

Come All Who Wonder

December 19, 2020 By Verna Bowman 2 Comments

Come all who wonder where the past year went and what you were doing last year at this December time - probably the normal, the taken for granted, the way it usually is and always was.  That’s where my wondering thoughts have been . . . So doing an honest review, ordinarily processed on journal pages (which is a reason I’ve … [Read more...]

Tagged With: #Christmas wonder, #vernabowman.com, Light, wonder

Such A Time As Now

November 2, 2020 By Verna Bowman 2 Comments

I’ve been somewhat quieted, in the mad mix of a pause and a wrestle because I have everything to say and nothing to say, shouting silently. You may be in the same exhausting place - I talk with too many who are. For how long now, we’ve been collectively dealing with pandemics and politics, racism and riots, disaster and … [Read more...]

Tagged With: #Esther, #Esther 4:14, #such a time as now, #such a time as this, sovereign

Keepsake Friendship

August 2, 2020 By Verna Bowman 9 Comments

We live in the weird moment when we’re trying to get through something together apart. You may have noticed there is a lot of division and opinions out there - because everyone has the right one. It takes wisdom and understanding to navigate the chatter and challenges within our relationships with family and friends. One … [Read more...]

Tagged With: #friendship day, #Jessie Seneca, #Ruth 2:12, friendship

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Grace to all . . . Every one of us has a story and mine took a holy turn when the Father leaned down to mend a broken child. Rescued during a desperate time as a young wife … read more

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Mixed Message

February 18, 2021

Be an Oak

January 29, 2021

Come All Who Wonder

December 19, 2020

Such A Time As Now

November 2, 2020

Keepsake Friendship

August 2, 2020

Not Just Another Word

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Faith in the Cracks

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The Now and the Not Yet

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