top of page
Search


The Tree of Life - The Love of God
Our family Christmas theme last year (2019) centered on Lehi's Vision of the Tree of Life. Over the years, the Tree of Life has been of...

lifeofjoyfulpraise
Aug 27, 20241 min read


Enlarging the Place of our Tents
(Musings on how expansive covenants can be, how that relates to inherited covering/protecting/enhancing/ennumerating of Abraham posterity

lifeofjoyfulpraise
Feb 18, 202217 min read


It Still Hurts
It still hurts. It’s been three years, the pain is not constant, it’s not daily or even weekly, but when the pain comes it still hurts....

Janneke
Dec 2, 20205 min read


Conference Was Normal?
"Conference was just normal" said our 17 year old son right after we finished watching. "Well it was special getting up at four and the...

Janneke
May 7, 20207 min read


Lessons with my six year old daughter
Today began fine. I was a wee bit tired but nothing unmanageable and then my little six year old started with a fuss about a hug, then...

Janneke
Apr 27, 20203 min read


Tried In All Things
Home school has finished for the day. I'm eating cheap chocolate buttons with cheap peanut butter - it's not as good as better chocolate...

Janneke
Mar 24, 20206 min read


'The Freeze', Covid19, A Death Mask & Me
Today was/is the first day of Sabbath meetings at home due to the world's new plague Corona virus or Covid19. My husband and I were...

Janneke
Mar 15, 20209 min read


What are you doing to prepare?
So I know I'm not the only one who had this marvellous hopeful thought "Joseph Smith is going to be there!" when President Nelson...

Janneke
Feb 27, 20209 min read


Charity, Sacrifice & My Inner Ugly
Sharon and I have been studying charity recently. Charity, defined here as the pure love of Christ. I've sat in Relief Society meetings...

Janneke
Jan 12, 202010 min read


Sunlight Goals
When I was a child and the sun shined on me I knew Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ were real and I knew they loved me. I first felt this...

Janneke
Dec 29, 20197 min read


The Season of Advent (A 10-day countdown)
My children just love their yearly Christmas advent calendars - anticipating that sweet delight of a single piece of chocolate each day,...

lifeofjoyfulpraise
Dec 14, 20193 min read


Adorning Christmas with Christ
A few years ago my husband and I down sized our family of seven from a really large home to a two bedroom, one bathroom little home. With...

Janneke
Dec 10, 20198 min read


Making Cake Is Not Meant To Be Stressful
Monday is the second anniversary of the day of our angel baby, born to early for life in this world. So it's only the second year I've...

Janneke
Nov 30, 20194 min read
bottom of page