Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Book Review

“Changing Signs of Truth,” by Crystal Downing

Stories sweep us up and out, stories help our hearts and minds to focus. When we are thoroughly in the "now" of a story, we long to risk the next step, to write the next chapter, and follow where this story is going to take us.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Happiness

Happiness, First Choice: Intention

There are nine choices Foster and Hicks discovered that consistently happy people make. Each choice leads to the next in a circular helix very like the chambers of a conch. The choice that launches all the rest is intention.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer 1, 2, 3 John

1 John Bonus: What is Love? (Part 3 of 3)

All love is a gift of God to the human race, like sunshine and rain, food, resources, everything that makes life beautiful, happy and wholesome. #1 John #WhatisLove #Agape

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer 1, 2, 3 John

1 John Bonus: What is Love? (Part 2 of 3)

Probably the best-known passage on love in the Greek scriptures is found Paul’s first letter to the church in Corinth, 1 Corinthians 13. #WhatisLove #Agape #1Corinthians13

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer 1, 2, 3 John

1 John Bonus: What is Love? (Part 1 of 3)

For many, the question of love begins with thoughts of romance. What is the nature of attraction, of desire, of “falling in love,” and of the enduring bond that can last a lifetime? #1John #WhatisLove #Agape

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Book of REvelation

Revelation 2: Ephesus

Before your hearts become more calloused, while you still have some sensitivity to the Holy Spirit, turn back towards love, Jesus was saying.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Hebrews

Hebrews: The Marks of Love

The writer gives us five ways to treat our brothers and sisters well: to love genuinely from the heart, and to be hospitable, faithful, content, and teachable. In these ways, believers live daily by faith in community.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Saturday Devotion

Guilt

Not all the guilt we feel is ours. Often enough, we feel guilt because it gives us some sense of control over something that seems terrible to us. Then, if can only atone in some way....

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Christmas

Advent: Respite of Joy

Have you ever wondered why the third candle in the advent wreath is pink? Why pink? Why the third Sunday? The short answer is joy! But the long answer is fascinating, and it has something to do with Lent, and something to do with an early Gnostic movement that dismissed Jesus as a real human person.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Philemon

Philemon: Every Good Thing

Paul wanted Philemon to mature in his faith, so rather than tell him what to do, Paul entreated him as a fellow elder.