Tag Archives: encouragement

Five Minute Friday — Joy

Posted on March 21, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

Well, it’s Friday and time to settle in my fellow bloggers at Lisa Jo’s place (http://lisajobaker.com/). You know, it’s where we go to ferret out our thoughts on a specific prompt word in just five minutes. It’s amazing what comes … Continue reading →

Posted in encouragement, family, joy, Memories, relationships, sermon | Tagged conversation, DPchallenge, encouragement, Faith, faith, family, inspiration, joy, Lisa Jo, Lisa Jo Baker, Memories, relationships, sermon, Writing, writing | 11 Comments

Five Minute Friday — Crowd

Posted on March 14, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

Well, it’s Friday. Time to join the hundreds over at Lisa Jo’s place for a Friday free for all writing frenzy. You remember, each Friday we congregate at Lisa Jo’s place (http://lisajobaker.com/) to throw in our two cents worth on … Continue reading →

Posted in family, joy, love, marriage, Memories, relationships, stories | Tagged amateur writers, children, communication, crowd, DPchallenge, encouragement, family, grandchildren, joy, Lisa Jo Baker, love, marriage, Memories, relationships, stories, writing | 2 Comments

Five Minute Friday — Willing

Posted on March 7, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

Here’s this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday. You might remember the task is to write for five minutes on a specific prompt word. The initiative was started by Lisa-Jo Baker (http://lisajobaker.com/five-minute-friday/) who thought about writing and how often our … Continue reading →

Posted in encouragement, relationships, stories, work | Tagged communication, DPchallenge, encouragement, Faith, faith, Lisa Jo Baker, relationships, stories, will, work | 2 Comments

Five Minute Friday — Choose

Posted on February 28, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

Here’s this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday. This week’s prompt is CHOOSE. The timer is set … so here goes. {clock starts now} We are constantly making choices … literally every minute of our lives. Most are fairly routine, … Continue reading →

Posted in encouragement, family, relationships, stories | Tagged choose, DPchallenge, encouragement, faith, family, five minute Friday, Lisa Jo Baker, relationships, stories, writing | 13 Comments

Motherhood

Posted on February 27, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

I’m not qualified to expand on this installment of 50 things that really matter, so let’s just call this a re-post. 50 things that really matter, of course, is the little book we received as a gift from JoAnn by … Continue reading →

Posted in encouragement, family, motherhood, parenting, relationships, things that matter | Tagged Babies, DPchallenge, encouragement, family, Hallmark, inspiration, motherhood, parenting, relationships, Rodale Press, stories, things that matter | Leave a comment

Surprise, CO

Posted on February 26, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

I am known to have had some weird dreams. Usually, I can trace the vivid details back to some good pepperoni or sausage. But I haven’t had any lately. In fact I’ve been battling a head cold so maybe OTC … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Small

Posted on February 21, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

It’s Friday and time for this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday. I was going to go in a different direction, but something happened to change my mind. So, without further ado, here’s five minutes on this week’s prompt … … Continue reading →

Posted in encouragement, nature, stories, winter | Tagged DPchallenge, encouragement, Lisa Jo Baker, nature, Seasons, seasons, stories, winter, Writing, writing | 4 Comments

Five Minute Friday — Garden

Posted on February 14, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

Here’s this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday. You might remember the task is to write for five minutes on a specific prompt word. The initiative was started by Lisa-Jo Baker (http://lisajobaker.com/) who thought why not take five minutes and … Continue reading →

Posted in family, Memories, nature, relationships, stories | Tagged DPchallenge, encouragement, faith, family, garden, Lisa Jo Baker, Maubane, Memories, nature, relationships, stories, writing | 4 Comments

Roar

Posted on February 9, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

I have to admit, I was never much of a Katy Perry fan. She’s pretty and talented, but her breakthrough into the contemporary music scene was marred — for me — by her song selection. I Kissed a Girl got … Continue reading →

Posted in encouragement, family, relationships, self worth, songs, women | Tagged DPchallenge, encouragement, eye of the tiger, family, Katy Perry, Music, music, relationships, self worth, songs, women | 2 Comments

How To Write and Live Brave (When You’re Terrified)

Posted on February 8, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

A funny thing happened to me on the way to Five Minute Friday (FMF) — the road wasn’t down to bare pavement, I guess. I don’t know how it happened, but somehow I connected with Lisa Jo from Feb. 8, … Continue reading →

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