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Tag: The Mystery Of Gentleness And The Way To Love

Unchanging Truths About Wisdom, Beauty, and Change

March 12, 2021 Joann Claypoole Christian Living, Culture, Home, Inspiration

Wise instruction from unchanging truths? Poetic verse and metaphor have a way of piquing my brain. Warnings and instructions. Adventures or tragedies. I want to dig deeper. Learn more. They’re like ghost stories without the

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The Lover of My Soul

February 12, 2021 Joann Claypoole Christian Living, Culture, Home, Inspiration

Oh, how the Father loves us… I love you, Father, for all that you are. You’re the scent of my favorite Flower—Winter’s first snow. You’re a bird’s song in spring and summer’s warm water. The

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The Way to Love

February 1, 2021 Joann Claypoole Culture, Home, Inspiration

Along the narrow way I’ve often wondered about God’s idea of love and how the essence of the meaning might differ from my own. I mean, how can we love the Lord with all our

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The Mystery of Winter’s Wonder and the Beginning of all Things New (Part 1)

January 4, 2021 Joann Claypoole Christian Living, Culture, Home, Inspiration

In the beginning… God created the heavens and the earth. Maybe that’s why there’s something magical about the way winter’s first snowflakes swirl and dance with the wind before they touch the ground. I’ve wondered

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The Mystery of the Great Fullness of the Holy Spirit

November 13, 2020 Joann Claypoole Christian Living, Culture, Home, Inspiration

The mystery of what and who? There’s a mysterious, uneasy stirring deep within my soul these days. I search for clues—hunt for answers. Uncommon questions remain. One piques my brain: Is gratefulness and great fullness

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Lead Us to the Cross

October 9, 2020 Joann Claypoole Christian Living, Culture, Home, Inspiration

2020: A historical year by epic proportions, or a calling to be led? All the world will remember—no matter how much we try to forget. Autumn is my favorite season of the year. I’m writing

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The Mystery Of Gentleness and Perfect Powerful Peace

March 13, 2020 Joann Claypoole Culture, Home, Inspiration

Perfect Father… My dad had a way of warming hearts with his smile. If he were here today, my twenty-one-year-old son might say, “Pop’s authentic,” but, Noah never met him. My husband and three older

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With All His Heart

February 29, 2020 Joann Claypoole Culture, Home, Inspiration

A love of a lifetime… I remember the vow my husband and I made to love each other until, when old and gray, death would part us. It wasn’t something I’d ever dwell on. Death

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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

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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

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