by Jeanni Shepherd | Feb 11, 2022 | Heart Habits
Courage comes in all shapes and sizes. I’ve seen it on kids trembling from head to toe after being bullied at school. Though shaking from the effects, they gather their gumption to relay what happened as best they can. What do they hope to gain? Some measure of...
by Jeanni Shepherd | Feb 8, 2022 | Heart Habits
While lying in bed this morning thinking of the progression of curiosity, it occurred to me that curiosity is impossible without an open heart. Even though that is an obvious sentence, the implications are profound. Following that breadcrumb trail into the forest of...
by Jeanni Shepherd | Feb 4, 2022 | Heart Habits
The seed sprouts and grows—he has no idea how it happens. The earth does it all without his help: first a green stem of grass, then a bud, then the ripened grain. –Mark 4:26-29 (MSG) “Do you want to know what your besetting sin is?” My long-term mentor asked...
by Jeanni Shepherd | Feb 1, 2022 | Heart Habits
With gratitude to Clifton Taubert’s book, 8 Habits of the Heart As we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. –2 Corinthians 4:18 (MSG) ...
by Jeanni Shepherd | Dec 31, 2021 | Words for a Christmas Journey
The war had only been over for about a year when we arrived in Kosovo. Roads riddled with deep holes made driving a slow, jarring process. Houses gutted by mortar shells stood silent, dark, and halfway abandoned. No electric streetlights brightened the night. Cars and...
