DIANE O'CONNOR

One day on the Sabbath Jesus stood up in the temple to read. The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it he found...

With the downward spiral of everything in the world right now I'm feeling a sense of urgency. Not a panic, but a compelling nudge

I came across this print in my art room this week. I hadn't seen it for years, but it triggered all kinds of emotions and memories. When...

AN UNSUCCESSFUL BRIDGE-BUILDER [My story—The Short Version] God placed me in a great family in a suburb of Milwaukee, and my childhood...

“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one,...

“I am not a Democrat or a Republican, I vote for the men who will do what I feel is best for our country.” * John Kristiansen, 1960...

Fall Designing & Decorating I wanted to create something to hang above my sink for the fall season, so I started with a cradled wood...

Trust - The Key to Healthy Relationships “To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.” George MacDonald I've been thinking a...

I love summer! I look forward each winter to days of sunshine and warmth. I'm outside as much as possible—it seems I have a renewed sense...

I felt like creating something. Something bright. Something textured. It was fall and I loved the vibrant color all around me. the...

"Now may God, the inspiration and fountain of hope, fill you to overflowing with uncontainable joy and perfect peace as you trust in Him....

In my post, Under the Desk, I talked about the awareness I had about communism as a child. I also shared how life went on, and most of us...

I remember the threat of communism as a child . . . and the possibility of physical attack. The cold war started in 1947. It was a stand...

I've been reading John 15 over and over again the past few days, and I remembered something that happened to me a few years ago . . . I...

There has been so much information shooting across our airwaves over the past few months between COVID and the current unrest that it...

After completing my first piece during my Fabulous Florals class with Elizabeth St Hilare, I decided I wanted to do something in a blue...

"What an idiot!—How could you do that!" "How could God let this happen?" "I can't believe I did it again—I'm such a failure." Have you...

Last year I learned something. I learned that Satan and his minions whisper to us—spirit to spirit. That is how temptation happens. I...

"As a man thinks in his heart, so he is." Proverbs: 23:7 In Part 1 we talked about how amazing our minds are, and how quickly a thought...

"As a man thinks in his heart, so he is." Proverbs: 23:7 I've been thinking a lot about thinking. I've realized that my mind is a...