by Jeanni Shepherd | Feb 28, 2023 | Beloved
And God says, “Come up here. I want to show you something.” And he begins to show us his world, to tell us his story that is so much bigger than us. And then he says, “I’m telling you this because I want you to know what I’m about. I want you to come with me sharing...
by Jeanni Shepherd | Feb 21, 2023 | Beloved
I have been hurting for so long. My body, once lithe and strong, is now frail and unreliable. I feel like a stranger to myself. This illness, which once brought empathy, now isolates me. The town calls me unclean and crosses the road when they see me coming. Even...
by Jeanni Shepherd | Feb 14, 2023 | Beloved
Up on a hill in Wales in a little chapel, a small stained-glass window brought home a truth to me: God sees me. Coming at a time when I was thinking through some of the changes that had come my way, I felt a little sore in heart and a bit befuddled in mind. I didn’t...
by Jeanni Shepherd | Feb 7, 2023 | Beloved
It was 2001 when I went on my first silent retreat. By that time, I had been counseling for eleven years, been through six years of counseling, lived through what felt like excruciating years, and proved God in some really difficult moments. I was hungry for more,...
by Jeanni Shepherd | Dec 27, 2022 | Make Ready
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