Skip to content

Inspire A Fire

  • Home
  • Start a Conversation
  • Christian Living
  • Culture
  • Inspiration
  • About IaF
    • What We Believe
    • Senior Editor
    • Submissions
    • Who We Are
Inspire A Fire

Tag: A little girl’s dad

Faithful Father

June 13, 2025 Joann Claypoole Christian Living, Home

The love of God, my faithful Father, goes way beyond feelings. I will seek His presence day and night, so I might one day understand. . . And may you have the power to understand,

Read more

The Goodness and Love of my Father

June 11, 2021 Joann Claypoole Culture, Home, Inspiration

When goodness and love fill a father’s gigantic heart… With Father’s Day approaching, childhood memories remind me how blessed I am to say I had a kind and generous dad. The goodness and love of

Read more

The Heart of Hope

September 11, 2020 Joann Claypoole Culture, Home, Inspiration

February 1976. New York City. Most of my friends know the story of how a transplanted New Yorker became a southern girl—after twelve impressionable years living in one of the largest cites in the world.

Read more

The warmth of winter and all its wonders

January 10, 2020 Joann Claypoole Culture, Home, Inspiration

Stories by the fireside… We didn’t have a fireplace in our New York City apartment, although my dad continued his fireside storytelling tradition throughout the winter months—minus the crackling fire of course. I remember many

Read more

The Most Glorious Christmas Day

December 13, 2019 Joann Claypoole Culture, Home, Inspiration

December 2019 ~ Central Florida. Most northerners know winter takes on a whole new meaning in Florida. There’s no snow. No sleet. No winter coats and hats—and sometimes no temps below hot. That means we

Read more

Where He Leads Me

October 11, 2019 Joann Claypoole Culture, Home, Inspiration

Consider the called… With blind trust, goosebumps, and heart-stopping moments, a motley crew faced obstacles and their worst fears along the way to lifelong friendships and brotherhood. Jesus had called them onward to feed multitudes

Read more

Freedom Isn’t Free

July 12, 2019 Joann Claypoole Culture, Home, Inspiration

Honor thy rhinestones and workout tights? Imagine 300 million people decked out in red, white, and blue t-shirts and baseball caps with sparkly rhinestone flags. Whether they live in a Manhattan high-rise or the Alabama

Read more

My Mother’s Garden

May 10, 2019 Joann Claypoole Culture, Home, Inspiration

A redhead with two green thumbs? Born and raised in New York City, a feisty redhead sprung into action the day after tulips and daffodils poked their heads up after a long winter’s slumber. Small

Read more

The Mystery of Nature’s Peaceful Song

April 12, 2019 Joann Claypoole Culture, Home, Inspiration

Nature’s call A screech owl’s trills, calls, and hoots might calm the weary traveler, like the lone Whitetail who forages in the forest near my cabin. I press my face against the glass slider to

Read more

Ghosts of White Winters Past

January 11, 2019 Joann Claypoole Culture, Home, Inspiration

Winter, 1969. New York City A blizzard’s eerie silence overshadowed the distant honking and revving engines from the usual Saturday night car races. I remember my dad‘s contagious laugh echoing through our apartment hallway after

Read more

God Is Not an Infidel: He Provides for His Own – Claim This Promise Today!

Subscribe to Inspire A Fire

Get new posts by email:

Verse of the Day

Tremble and do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent. — Psalm 4:4 (NIV)

Search Inspire a Fire

Recent Posts

  • Strength and Help in Times of Trouble
  • Do the Work First
  • Learning to Pray Bold Prayers
  • The Abomination That Led to Desolation
  • Worship is Our Highest Calling

Categories

Archives

When Jesus Whispers YouTube Channel
Mercy's Rain
Down to Davy Jones
All The Way Home
Gideon's Book
A Bookmobile Noel
The Word on My Heart is Yes: Reflections From a Modern-Day Missionary
Deep End of the Lake
Faith House- A Journey to Faith

If you wish to see  your book featured on Inspire A Fire email: eddie@eddiejones.org

Resources

  • Need a Good Book to Read?

Verse of the Day

Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens, you who have done great things. Who is like you, God? — Psalm 71:19 (NIV)
WordPress Theme: zeeDynamic by ThemeZee.