by Jeanie Shaw | Apr 14, 2025 | Devotional Thoughts, Latest Blogs, Life Lessons, Spiritual Formation
I’m excited to share about a personal, healing project I have been working on for a few years. As I have been taking photos of the river during my walks, I began writing poetry to express what I learn and feel as I seek to hear what God wants to teach me. This...
by Jeanie Shaw | Sep 23, 2024 | Devotional Thoughts, Latest Blogs
As the sun moved closer to the horizon, I witnessed the brilliant array of colors reflecting on the still waters of the river. Ahhh. My peaceful place, that both grounds and uplifts me. It is not unusual for me to post pictures of sunsets at the river, as I have...
by Jeanie Shaw | Aug 16, 2024 | Latest Blogs, Life Lessons
I’m part of a coffee shop sip club where I pay a small monthly fee for unlimited daily coffee. I can walk to this local coffee shop, and I rarely miss a day. Since I love a large, iced coffee and a refill (decaf refill), I could easily spend in one day what I spend in...
by Jeanie Shaw | Mar 23, 2024 | Latest Blogs, Life Lessons
Tomorrow marks my seventy orbits around the sun. 70 years ago on March 23, my dad came home from work to take my mom to the hospital. As he pulled into the driveway, he saw the three-year-old neighbor boy ride his tricycle off of our dock and into the backyard pond....
by Jeanie Shaw | Nov 15, 2023 | Life Lessons
Six weeks ago, as I sat at my dinner table with friends, one of them screamed as she witnessed the scene unfolding out the window. Huge flames ascended toward the darkened sky, illuminating the catastrophe in the making. The house next door to me was ablaze. I own the...
