by Jeanne Takenaka | Jan 17, 2022 | Heart Issues, Perspective, Tell His Story
Jeanne Takenaka How do we prepare our hearts for the new year? When the first day of 2021 rolled around, I was confident because I knew my One Word. I thought I had a good plan to move forward into a successful year. But I was utterly unprepared for all that 2021...
by Jeanne Takenaka | Jan 10, 2022 | Fear, One Word, Trusting God
By Jeanne Takenaka Have you ever done a focus on one word to prepare your heart and mind for a new year? Are you a one-word advocate, a resolution-making person, or do you have another method that helps you begin each year well? For the past number of years, I’ve...
by Jeanne Takenaka | Dec 20, 2021 | Christmas, Humility, Trusting God
By Jeanne Takenaka Have you ever considered how Mary had a heart that honors God? Merry Christmas week, my friends. This week’s blog post will be brief. I know, for those even posting blogs this week, we all have things we are preparing to celebrate...
by Jeanne Takenaka | Dec 6, 2021 | Christmas, Tell His Story, Time
Jeanne Takenaka How do we thrive through the holidays when our world encourages us to live stressed? Being versus doing, especially in a season as busy as the pre-Christmas weeks, can leave us depleted. We know we should spend time simply being with Jesus, but...
by Jeanne Takenaka | Nov 29, 2021 | Christmas, Doing or Being, Perspective, Tell His Story
Jeanne Takenaka And . . . we’re off and running into the chaos of Christmas, where we’re challenged to find the balance between doing or being fully in the season. Thanksgiving is a part of 2021’s history. Christmas Day looms less than a month away. Where has the year...
