Dear friends, We’d like to thank you for all your support this past year. Your comments blessed and encouraged us. We’re excited to tell you about a GIFT-GIVING sale to help you bless and encourage those on your gift list. Praise on Purpose, by Linda Grabeman, is a 365-day hardcover devotional that meets you in every twist and turn of… Read More
By: Chloe Grabeman Forward: My dear friends, We would like to thank you. You have made the past year of writing an absolutely incredible journey filled with encouragement, inspiration, joy and love. So, it is with two hearts full of thankfulness for all God has done and what you have made this blog, we say to you our journey is… Read More
by Linda Grabeman If you could pick two words to describe all of the Bible, what would they be? “Jesus loves me” won’t work. It’s three words. Gotcha. So, any ideas? What about “But God”? But God? Yep. These two words have been called the heart of the Bible. Hear me out. Part 1 of this blog talked about… Read More
by Linda Grabeman Don’t judge me. I confess I’ve left church with these nagging thoughts: I heard the sermon. I read the verses. I sang the songs. Check.Check.Check. But I didn’t really meet with God. So I left bearing the shame of these labels on my chest: poser, worship imposter, FAKE. Maybe that dull ache wounds your heart too. Maybe… Read More
By: Chloe Grabeman In J.K. Rowling’s beloved works of Harry Potter, the inhabitants of the wizarding world are plagued by a very real fear of an evil murderous wizard named Voldemort. This fear overtakes them so much, they cannot even utter his name. He’s referred to as “you know who” or “he who must not be named.” On the outside… Read More
By Linda Grabeman One of my favorite pictures in our living room is of my younger son, Carey, with three of his girlfriends, huddled close with Taylor Swift. The frame says “FRIENDS”. I vividly remember the night that photo was taken. Carey was a freshman at Belmont University in Nashville. As a guitar major, his excitement for Taylor’s concert was… Read More
By: Chloe Grabeman Lately, I’ve been going stir crazy in my surrounding flatlands. I crave hills and valleys. So, last week I took a trip to my mountain covered promise land – Tennessee. But for a number of reasons, this wasn’t a normal visit. In my departure and journey in, I unknowingly picked up a little companion, his name was… Read More
by Linda Grabeman The road curved and there it was. Unmoving. Unexpected. IN.MY.LANE. A hulking yellow harvester, slashing and swiping down limbs and underbrush from the roadside, not six car-lengths in front of me. Big problem. It gets worse. In the other lane, a large truck barrels toward me. No orange cones warned me, no road crews directed traffic. … Read More
