Are you wondering how to have a consistent Quiet Time? Yep, me too. I have grappled with this very question for years. Personally, the idea of a perfect daily time with God is incredibly appealing. I think it is so attractive because there is a suggestion that if I do things just right, a consistent and satisfying time with …
Praying for a Broken Heart
This good Friday afternoon, during the COVID-19 pandemic, finds me in a reflective mood. What is so good about Good Friday? During these difficult times, many hearts are being crushed from the external pressures of this world, squeezed by the absence of income, or devastated by the loss of a loved one who will not be seen again in this …
Three Strategies to Simplify Your Quiet Time
The often-used term Quiet Time has long been used by Christians to describe a specific time set aside to read the Bible and commune with God. For most of us, the literal term Quiet Time is a misnomer because these precious moments of silence are scarce. When I mention what I do, which is to create Bible studies for …
5 Step Method to Organizing Your Calendar Fearlessly
“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you’re not going to stay where you are.” — John Pierpont “J.P.” Morgan Am I the only one, or do you feel a thrill of excitement when you get your brand-new calendar? Now I know why…a crisp new planner offers a vast openness where the sacred space of …
Harvest Insurance: Pruning & Spiritual Health
We reap what we sow. Choose what you nourish carefully. Anonymous Agriculture is a business. And with any business, there are a variety of insurance policies to choose from to ensure the farmer gets some return from his crop in case of a catastrophic event. I wish we would have applied some sort of “insurance” to an …
Encouraging Spiritual Fruitfulness: Two Things You Must Have
And don’t allow yourselves to be weary or disheartened in planting good seeds, for the season of reaping the wonderful harvest you’ve planted is coming! Galatians 6:9 TPT For over three and a half decades, I have been observing our Nebraskan fields and yields, and I’ve noted some remarkable parallels between the physical and spiritual crops and the conditions …
Cultivating Spiritual Fruitfulness: Get Your Hands Dirty
Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade. — Rudyard Kipling I know a certain someone, who shall remain nameless, who was an avid gardener…in her head. Every spring we receive seed catalogs from Gurneys, and this little person poured over them during the relentlessly gray months of a Nebraska spring and …
Spiritual Fruitfulness: Stop Hiding Behind the Leaves
“Seasons of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;” John Keats September is the “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” on our farm. This year marks my 36th September as my beloved Farmer’s wife and allows me to look at the topic of fruitfulness with at least a bit of authority. Each fall I look …
Spacious Places – An Evening Walk
It is a Beauteous Evening, Calm and Free BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH It is a beauteous Evening, calm and free; The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquility; God being with thee when we know it not. A walk in the evening can be a sacred time of reflection and …