by Amy Jung | Feb 2, 2018 | Stretch my faith |
Friends, I am so excited to share with you that I’ve finally begun creating and sharing STRETCH my F A I T H videos! Some of you may be wondering what it is, so I want to try to answer that question in this post. I had some technical difficulties this past week,...
by Amy Jung | Jan 2, 2018 | Encouragement, Uncategorized |
As I begin a new year, I am reminded that I don’t need a new year to be the new me. From the moment I gave my life to Christ and accepted His for me, I have been given a new identity. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has...
by Amy Jung | Oct 13, 2017 | Contentment, Spiritual Growth |
My family and I waited for our food during a rare lunch date in the middle of the week. Feelings of failure overcame me. Like being in battle, one blow after another hit me this past week. Parenting blows. Each one magnified, perhaps, by the reality that I’m in...
by Amy Jung | Aug 19, 2017 | Encouragement, Grace, Ministry and Serving, Spiritual Growth |
SMH Are you familiar with this acronym for “Shaking My Head”? “SMH” is an Internet abbreviation trend used for shaking your head to express disappointment. I don’t often shake my head at people I’m disappointed in....
by Amy Jung | Jul 31, 2017 | Encouragement, Ministry and Serving |
This past week, I held a random drawing for two newsletter subscribers to win a copy of The Turquoise Table by Kristin Schell. Congratulations to Madeleine and Kathy! I must admit, I don’t own a turquoise table! I’m also in the midst of moving and...
by Amy Jung | Jul 22, 2017 | Encouragement, Ministry and Serving |
“Being present and listening is the foundation to hospitality.” -Kristin Schell “Listening is a form of spiritual hospitality by which you invite strangers to become friends, to get to know their inner selves more fully, and even to dare to be silent...
by Amy Jung | Apr 1, 2017 | Encouragement, Uncategorized |
I woke from a solid sleep, spring at my doorstep, and birds sweetly singing a morning lullaby to me. Yet the first words that came out of my mouth were, “I don’t want to have another…” I stopped myself before finishing the sentence but it was already out there. My...
by Amy Jung | Feb 13, 2017 | Healing |
I was told recently and randomly that I’m a hard nut to crack. The same week I marveled at how the pecans fall from opened wooden flowers high in the trees surrounding my house leaving nuts with yet more layers to be broken into by squirrels for nourishment. The...
by Amy Jung | Jan 28, 2017 | Renewing the Mind, Spiritual Growth, Uncategorized |
I walked into my husband’s office to look through every single shelf seeking a book title that might touch my heart. My husband has two offices, each with walls covered with books. To be married to a man who loves books as much as I do is a dream come true. His...
by Amy Jung | Jan 21, 2017 | Encouragement, Fear, Hope, Joy |
With the recent ice storm in the midwest, I was reminded of these amazing images I was able to capture a couple of years ago and the thoughts that they triggered. Join me this week on a post from my past? “Those ice cakes may have traveled all the way from...
