Joellen Kemper
Praying Under Persecution
“But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” -Matthew 5:44 Enemy. As a lover of peace, it is not a concept...
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Joellen Kemper
- May 17
- 3 min
Sing a New Song
I didn’t realize as I left to go to my monthly appointment this morning, that I was hanging on by just a thread. I had a great quiet...
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Joellen Kemper
- Apr 26
- 1 min
My YouTube Channel
Hello, friends! Just popping in to say that I have started a YouTube Channel. In it, I wanted to share motherhood, homemaking, faith and...
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Joellen Kemper
- Mar 7
- 1 min
A Prayer for Rest
Dear God, Reorient my life towards a Holy Rhythm. May I seek to dwell in your presence from the moment I awake. I pray my eyes never miss...
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Joellen Kemper
- Mar 6
- 1 min
Divine Life Under Human Conditions
"Our willed imitations of God...must be an imitation of God incarnate: our model is the Jesus, not only of Calvary, but of the workshop,...
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Joellen Kemper
- Mar 1
- 1 min
Spring Song
The birds have been singing of Spring's soon arrival. Always an outward reminder to keep the song in my heart- death has been conquered,...
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Joellen Kemper
- Feb 15
- 1 min
Noble Goals
Just thought I would drop on here, areas that I feel I want the Holy Spirit to work in me a new creation: *less striving. More simply...
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Joellen Kemper
- Feb 13
- 1 min
The Dawn of Morning Stars
"For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been...
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Joellen Kemper
- Jan 28
- 1 min
Crown of Beauty
“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor…to comfort those who...
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Joellen Kemper
- Jan 8
- 1 min
Moon Baby Painting
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...
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Joellen Kemper
- Jan 3
- 2 min
A New Year
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...
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Joellen Kemper
- Dec 10, 2021
- 1 min
A Totoro Christmas
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...
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Joellen Kemper
- Nov 22, 2021
- 1 min
Love's Patient Timing
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...
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Joellen Kemper
- Nov 12, 2021
- 2 min
Stop Running
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...
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Joellen Kemper
- Nov 2, 2021
- 1 min
Whole Creatures
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...
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Joellen Kemper
- Nov 1, 2021
- 4 min
The Simple Woman's Day Book
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...
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Joellen Kemper
- Oct 28, 2021
- 2 min
Lovely Things 10/28/21
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...
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Joellen Kemper
- Oct 18, 2021
- 1 min
Sowers and Reapers
“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...
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Joellen Kemper
- Sep 30, 2021
- 2 min
Insecure in His "Absence"
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...
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Joellen Kemper
- Sep 18, 2021
- 2 min
Artist's Insecurity
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...
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