Contest and Giveaway!

I’m so excited to have a special giveaway for you just in time for Christmas! If you sign up to follow my blog (www.TaraJohnsonauthor.wordpress.com), follow me on Twitter (https://twitter.com/TaraMinistry) or share my blog on Facebook, you’ll be entered for a chance to win the Word of Promise Audio New Testament!!! This is one of my favorite ways to soak in …

Wonder

Past stars and galaxies, the glittering lights of mysteries beyond I flew. I was not alone. No, an entire heavenly congregation soared with me. We danced past shimmering hosts and luminescent wonders, winging and dancing, spiraling and speeding past the diamonds of the Holy One’s masterpiece until we pushed past the transparent glass of the blue marbled planet’s firmament. I breathed in …

The Obscure Thanksgiving List: Banana Pudding, Spanx and Tweezers…Oh my!

This is my girls’ attitude of gratitude board. Every month we have a new theme and each day they put a new sticky note on the board. November’s theme is, you guessed it, thankfulness. Their first sticky notes were broad things, like their gratitude for God, family and friends. Lately though, they are starting to get a little more specific…hair, …

Sippy Cups: When It Seems God Doesn’t Care

Have you ever felt that God isn’t listening to you? Perhaps He showed you something phenomenal He’s about do in and through your life. A child, a gift or talent maybe. Perhaps it was a vocational change or ministry calling of some sort. Perhaps it’s a long-held dream right on the cusp of fruition. God revealed that glimpse to you, …

What I’ve Learned Living with Gastroparesis

When I was diagnosed with gastroparesis several years ago, I confess not much in my life initially seemed to change. I had been dealing with severe reflux issues for several years and became full quickly when I ate. Nothing more. My husband had always accused me of having an eating disorder, mistakenly thinking I was starving myself to maintain a …