by Jeanni Shepherd | Oct 15, 2021 | Stories of Jesus
Read Mark 3:13-19 Jesus has just chosen His disciples and they’re not altogether sure what that means. But they are chosen and glad of it. Arriving at their resting place on the mountain, Jesus began to speak to the twelve: I have a job for you; one that will take you...
by Jeanni Shepherd | Oct 13, 2021 | Stories of Jesus
He climbed a mountain and invited those he wanted with him. They climbed together. He settled on twelve and designated them apostles. The plan was that they would be with him, and he would send them out to proclaim the Word and give them authority to banish demons....
by Jeanni Shepherd | Oct 8, 2021 | Stories of Jesus
Jesus went off with his disciples to the sea to get away. But a huge crowd from Galilee trailed after them—also from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, across the Jordan, and around Tyre and Sidon—swarms of people who had heard the reports and had come to see for themselves....
by Jeanni Shepherd | Aug 31, 2021 | Discovering Leisure
If leisure were something that simply required better planning, most of us would do it. We’d get out calendars and make it happen. But this life of leisure needs more than a plan. It needs awakened desire. No, scratch that, it needs desire and a deeper acceptance of...
by Jeanni Shepherd | Aug 27, 2021 | Discovering Leisure
When we get our heads around this idea of taking leisure, what consternation to discover we don’t know how to take it! Work is so much easier. We show up, fulfill or figure out the job, do it and move on to the next thing! Because leisure is more about “want to” than...
