by Zac Weikal | May 3, 2021 | Faith, Family, Fiction, Revell Books, Travel, Writing
As Mother’s Day arrives, it brings bittersweet feelings. In the last two years, my mother passed away, my sister died suddenly, and then my mother-in-law passed right around Christmas. This Saturday, we’re hosting a Celebration of Life for my mother-in-law...
by Suzanne | Feb 28, 2021 | Bible study, Faith
Are you familiar with the Jesus Calling devotional book by Sarah Young? I start each morning with a cup of coffee, my open Bible, a lit candle, and Jesus Calling. My copy is really scribbled up–lots of margin notes and asterisks and exclamation points....
by Suzanne | Sep 12, 2020 | Faith
Considering the pandemic, heat waves, wildfires, power outages, some earthquakes that have jiggled the SF Bay Area, I’m ready to fill my mind and soul and heart with knowledge about a God who never changes, whose love endures forever. I’ve signed up for...
by Suzanne | Nov 6, 2019 | Amish, Amish Proverbs, Amish Wisdom, Books, Faith, Fiction, Humor, Penn Dutch, Writing
Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! Be sure to collect the clues through all 27 stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 3 grand prizes! The hunt BEGINS on 11/7 at noon MST with Stop #1 at LisaTawnBergren.com. Hunt through our loop using...
by Suzanne | Sep 4, 2019 | Coffee Break, Faith, Family, grandparenting
This story on ABC World News touched me, for lots of reasons. Even at 102 years of age, in hospice with a failing heart, this grandmother was so interested in her granddaughter’s life that she inspired this awesome moment. And her granddaughter treasured their...
by Suzanne | Feb 6, 2019 | Abundance Answers, Faith, wisdom
The mind feasts on what it focuses on. Our minds are like computers, filled with old files that can’t seem to get purged…or stay purged. Memories bubble up, unbidden, from past mistakes and shortcomings, disappointments and failures. It’s far too easy to soak in those...