Dearest ones: In this seasonal time of Lent, the coming of Passover and Easter, and the advent of the Jewish holiday of Purim next week, I thought I would take a moment of reflection about going deeper with God. Some consider the power of Prayer as well as Fasting as a way to deepen their … Continue reading “Going Deeper” by Dianne H. Timmering

Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Isaiah 43:18 Break away from old thoughts and surrender to new ones. Break away from old habits and abide in new ways. Shift. Shed doubt and believe. Replace anxiety with hope. Break away, God is saying. Break away. Break away. Break away from co-dependence. … Continue reading “Break Away” by Dianne H. Timmering

You are here to do great things. Did you know that? . . . for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable. Romans 11:29 Irrevocable is defined: not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled. Did you know that your greatness is assured. I can attest to it as I was … Continue reading “Your Call Is Irrevocable” by Dianne H. Timmering

Bitterness can stall even the smallest possibility of hope, binding people to a depth of discouragement of who they think they only can be. Spirituality is the sword that cuts through; it is an intervention of the most tender kind where forgiveness births and self-awareness begins to unfold from the buried depths of hurt. It … Continue reading “On Spirituality” by Dianne H. Timmering

"He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end." Ecclesiastes 3:11 Yesterday I was able to spend the day at Signature of Buckhead in Atlanta. We had a great day--the beauty of the stakeholders … Continue reading “The World Is Full Of Beauty” by Dianne H. Timmering

If you say, “The LORD is my refuge,”and you make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways . . . Psalm 91:9-12 We believe in the impossible even within the … Continue reading “We Believe In Healings, Part 1” by Dianne H. Timmering

For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 I remember in the early years of the spirituality program lots of travel as we were building and developing … Continue reading “Time Given” by Dianne H. Timmering

 “A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good, for from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.” Luke 6:45 Loving with an honest heart is hard to do sometimes. It is easier perhaps to nestle into anger, resentment, bitterness. Sometimes it feels even "right" to feel this way … Continue reading “Love With An Honest Heart” by Dianne H. Timmering

What does it feel like to reach into an audience and uncover the veneer of existence? To challenge the way we have always done things—to peel the bonds off against the noise of time. So much hunger for God I see in the world. A hunger for Him, but a fear to find Him, to … Continue reading Address to University of Kentucky Summer Series on Aging, Lexington, KY

Perhaps most precious to our people is the collective power of prayer—it is most simply love, one to another, in the trenches of life when brokenness needs the hope of someone else, where faith is sewn into the distresses of others, where the bounty of prayer begins the healing of one, for the healing of … Continue reading “We Do Believe In Miracles” by Dianne H. Timmering