JOELLEN KEMPER

Hello, folks! I'm popping on here to share my latest painting, "Moon Baby". It was inspired by Judah, who often looks for the moon when...

Welcome, 2022! In the final moments of 2021, I really pondered what I wanted my 2022 to look like. And while I kept refining physical...

I was wanting to do some fun, festive illustrations and I thought, why not Totoro?! And then a Totoro Santa dawned upon me and the rest...

Love's patient timing... That's how I would like to live my life. To not ask of people or things to be something they are not. To not...

In many things in my life, I get the feeling that I'm cruising around on borrowed time. Things (big or small) that I fear, linger in the...

We are far too easily persuaded to blame the pain and suffering of the world on a disinterested, unloving God. But I believe in a God...

I wanted to start participating in a wonderful blog series called "The Simple Woman's Day Book" as a way to publicly journal more and...

It's nice posting on a blog. I'm not under the normal social media constraints or have to play "the game" (is this picture good enough...

“My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work. Do you not say ‘Four months more, then comes the harvest’? But I...

I have been feeling a general sense of shame over the past few days. Over what, I do not know. But in the past, it has been used as a...

This Monday I will have the privilege of leading a paint night with a group of local 5th and 6th graders. They are going to paint...

I almost don’t know where to begin! Allison is one of those storytellers where you feel the intense need to sing her praise from the...

"If a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing badly." -GK Chesterton I recently listened to an interview with JK Rowling where she...

Before we learn language, we compute in images. Images and their meanings, run so deep that we almost take it for granted. I believe that...

Hello! I can't believe it is September already. Last week we celebrated Judah's second birthday! What a blessing. I thought I would make...

I like walking. In the country or the city, And everything in between. Alone or in good company. With my thoughts or just taking in the...

I wanted to start a "Tumblr-esque" section on my blog in which I just share lovely things. It most likely will be a lot of book...

Lately, I have been acutely aware that my nature is constantly attempting to evade God. I guess that is the point of fallen humanity....

This past Spring I was in a Half Price Books and ran across a beautiful leather bound copy of George MacDonald's Knowing the Heart of...

I don’t dare to walk on water enough. I hide behind books and theories. A whole lot of thinking but never much doing. I fear failure and...