Living Limitless

What is living limitless? For many right now, the weather might limit how you’re living! Mostly, to engage in small talk, I’ll visit with others about the weather. At times, I feel set apart as I don’t have many friends that I talk to Jesus about. Weather chats keep us neutral and in agreement. When politics is involved, things might “heat” up this frigid front!

When I began “revamping” my website it was my goal to include my testimony. My faith and belief in Christ isn’t JUST about eternity ONE day. My goal in life is to live the ABUNDANT life that Christ offered when I chose to follow him. Do you know that in accepting and receiving, you too can have this power? I’d rather talk about Christ and his amazing creations that produce AWE –not angst or anxiety! I don’t want to get to the end of my “race” and lose my faith. The more Christ is IN ME, the LESS of this world I need. My joy isn’t based on circumstances or what I “own” or any other status. Living Limitless means I’ve received the Holy Spirit IN ME and I must die to my self and flesh daily.

I’ll ask you, “How’s the weather in your area?” and gladly have small talk. But what I’d love to hear answered is, “Do you know how loved you are and that you too can live a limitless life IN Christ?”

Join K.L. Hale from Flannel with Faith as she interviews Tim Denney, from WithoutLimit.org. Tim is the NW Regional Co-coordinator for the Northern MN Suicide Prevention Initiative (& the mental health lead for NW Health Services Coalition). Tim’s decade with the Quakers helped his Christ IN HIM life!

Keep the faith, my friends. Even in these frigid and frozen times! Stay safe and blessed. You are loved!💚

Take a leap of faith & read more if you’re interested!

***Please accept my apology for the previously published post! I’m learning the “in’s and out’s” of Podbean as well as working with a creator of an effect app for recording! These learning curves are great and I hope you enjoy this interview! Be encouraged! You are loved!***

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River Renga

A few months ago, my cousin Sagan and I started working together on a Renga poem. Although poetry isn’t her favorite, we enjoyed collaborating! I’m sure you’ll agree she did amazing! Sagan is in college in northern Missouri and usually writes non-fiction. If we had more time, our poem would be longer. Sagan’s dad, Jeff (my first cousin), and I shared many great summers on the Finley River with our family! My love for nature is only third behind my Savior and family! I hope you enjoy our *Renga, the River of Life!

There’s something about rivers. The Taneycomo, Buffalo, Yellowstone, & Snake,…Roaring River, Current, the Duwamish, and Rio Grande. Missouri, Mississippi, the Chena, and Payette. North Fork and South Fork to Jack Forks and back home to Finley. Even the muddy James has my heart.

I’m grateful for the river of life flowing through me!

Do you know how loved you are? I pray that the rivers of your life flow free with love & good health. Perhaps even poetically & collaboratively, just like a Renga!

Have hope. Keep the faith, my friends. 💚

***The genre was elevated to a literary art by Nijō Yoshimoto (二条良基, 1320–1388), who compiled the first imperial renga anthology Tsukubashū (菟玖波集) in 1356. The most famous renga master was Sōgi (宗祇, 1421–1502), and Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉, 1644–1694) after him became the most famous haikai master. Renga sequences were typically composed live during gatherings of poets, transcribed oral sessions known as rengakai (連歌会), but could also be composed by single poets as mainly textual works. (Renga, 2026)***

Source:

Renga. (2026, Janurary 15). Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renga

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In with the New

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Out with the old, in with the new

Out with the old! Shoes? car? beliefs? Ideas? Hair? I’m learning to embrace the new. New year? New job? New DAY? December was filled with new AND old! Traditions, circumstances, and reflections. Childhood, motherhood, and career. Before cancer and my tiny RV life to after diagnosis and city life. New treatments, old diseases. New will happen whether we want it or not. We can hang on to the “old” for comfort and familiarity (shoes anyone?). Yet, there are old things I don’t need. Even certain beliefs! As I embrace the new year, I will continue to cling to the New Covenant way of life! There’s no longer an OLD Covenant (God knew we couldn’t keep it!). Jesus, fully God and human, fulfilled the law and died in our place. I’ll embrace the NEW heart I received through faith; out with the old! How can I NOT be filled with gratitude for another day? Another year? It’s fine for me to cherish and remember the past like motherhood & RV life. But I need to live in the now…the NEW. How about you?

I’ve included 2 versions of my one pg. news (.jpg & PDF). Happy 2026!


Heavenly Hibernation

It’s been a heavenly hibernation! I’ve missed you, friends. It’s been one week since the start of a new year–I’m still here and winning because of Christ! It doesn’t mean that life isn’t challenging; nor situations easier. BUT my life & hope IN CHRIST propels me through each up and down. I expect that the more I live a surrendered life, the more the enemy will try to disrupt it. I’ll keep choosing faith over finances, hope over hard things, & peace instead of pessimism. Do you know when we choose to surrender INTO our Savior, we can experience heaven on Earth.

My resolution for 2026? I’m determined to continue “dying” to myself daily. My heart wakened several years ago for something other than the promise of heaven AFTER life. I wanted the Christ life IN ME. In letting go of earthly expectations, I can be filled with the presence of God’s power. I am aware of my utter ignorance in grasping salvation (as Andrew Murray would say). Surrender is the only way! It’s as simple as the appearance of light at morning and the shifting of seasons. Not my power, but HIS. Hibernation this winter will be heavenly (& healthy!)!

Note: Watch what happens when you add a side of silliness, a helping of humor, and a pinch of patience (ok, CUPS)!

Happy new year, dear friends & family! My prayers are with those who are experiencing the difficult “new”. 🙏🏻❤️

Do you know how loved you are? ❤️THANK YOU for your continued support!

May 2026 be filled with precious memories, hope, faith, & joy. 💚

Keep the faith, have hope! 💚

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