by Darlene L. Turner | Aug 10, 2015 | Above It All, Darlene L. Turner, From My Playlist - Voices From the Other Side, Phillips Craig Dean, Voices From the Other Side | From My Playlist
Are there days when you just feel like giving up? You’ve had enough and tired of giving it your all? I think we’ve all been there. This world is full of so much sickness, pain, etc. and we just want to stick our heads in the sand and let it pass us by. We...
by Darlene L. Turner | Aug 3, 2015 | Darlene L. Turner, Rachel & Leah, Runner Up - Coffee With Leah | Coffee & Conversations with Women of the Bible
I lean my head back against the patio chair and let the sun kiss my face. Its warmth floods my body and my shoulders relax after a week of stress. My eyes flutter shut and the nearby cardinal whistles his call, lulling me to stillness. If only I could bottle this and...
by Darlene L. Turner | Jul 27, 2015 | Darlene L. Turner, Listen Learn Love, Listen Learn Love Community, Relationships 101, Susie Albert Miller, Susie Miller | Book/Movie Reviews
Listen, Learn, Love by Susie Albert Miller I bet you have at least one relationship in need of a fine-tuning or even a good ole fashioned overhaul. Yes? We all do. Tired of hearing everyone’s opinion on the best way to improve your relationships? Well, Listen, Learn,...
by Darlene L. Turner | Jul 20, 2015 | Be Present - Guest post by Heather Joyes, Darlene L. Turner | Guest Blogs
Be Present We are free, Justified By His grace, In times of doubt Remember His Word, He is with you, And goes before you Preparing the way, Take time to pray, Here and now, Be present As He is...
by Darlene L. Turner | Jul 13, 2015 | Darlene L. Turner, Gone in a Split Second | Book/Movie Reviews
Taken by Dee Henderson What would you do if you turned around and your child was gone? We’ve seen this in movies, but it’s beginning to headline news reports. It’s real. It’s scary. It happened to Shannon Bliss at the age of sixteen in Taken. Eleven years later she...
by Darlene L. Turner | Jul 6, 2015 | Darlene L. Turner, With All Your Heart - Guest post by Heather Joyes | Guest Blogs
This week I would like to feature the poetry of my good friend and fellow writer, Heather Joyes. She has a gift for picking the right words for every poem she writes. Thanks Heather for sharing your heart. With All Your Heart An inexhaustible quest, To know Him deeper...
by Darlene L. Turner | Jun 29, 2015 | A Discontented Heart – Coffee with Rachel, contentment, Darlene L. Turner, Jacob, Rachel and Leah | Coffee & Conversations with Women of the Bible
Her large brown curls cascade around her face and fall loosely down her back, bouncing as she walks across the café floor. Others stop to stare at the green-eyed beauty. Her emerald green tunic accented with gold piping flows to her ankles and sways with each step....
by Darlene L. Turner | Jun 22, 2015 | Darlene L. Turner, Jaded, Small Town Gossip, Varina Denman | Book/Movie Reviews
Jaded by Varina Denman —Their small-town church wants them apart, but God has other plans. Do churches of today show the love God commands? Or do we cast that proverbial stone and toss the unlovely aside without a blink of an eye? Ruthie Turner knows all about the...
by Darlene L. Turner | Jun 15, 2015 | A Deceptive Heart – Coffee with Rebekah, Darlene L. Turner, Esau, Isaac, Jacob, Rebekah, Stolen blessing | Coffee & Conversations with Women of the Bible
The rain falls in sheets at an angle, pounding the pavement merciless of those caught unaware. I grip my steering wheel and stare at the distance between my car and the Starbuck’s entrance, kicking myself for not grabbing my umbrella before leaving my house. I check...
by Darlene L. Turner | Jun 8, 2015 | A Patient Heart - Coffee with Sarah, Darlene L. Turner, Sarah and Abraham; Isaac; laughter | Coffee & Conversations with Women of the Bible
I ease into a booth at Harvest Café and gingerly slide across the bench. My muscles scream at me after a weekend of gardening. I rub my thighs in an effort to soothe the ache. The hurt is worth the beauty that will blossom and the veggies that will sprout up from...
