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I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, thy power throughout the universe displayed. Then sings my soul, my Savior, God to thee. How great thou art. How great thou art. Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to thee. How great thou art. How great thou art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/0848d637-2e4e-4f9a-8c41-aeaf6259415b/IMG_2683.jpeg BLOG - Our Thoughts and Worship Perhaps it would help to take a small woolen or wooden heart or cross to hold during worship. It could remind you, with your sense of touch, that you are loved by God. It would help to bring your mind back home to him when it tends to wander. (If you are interested in where to purchase a wooden heart or cross, let me know. 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Being fun-loving, smart, and wise are qualities we want in a dad. We want our fathers to be strong and stable and safe and approachable and present and dependable and able to connect and fair and brave and loving and kind. Whew…what a list! But indeed all these qualities are fatherlike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/c2f900fc-8477-4224-8630-861cea16be1a/DSC_0772.jpeg BLOG - Fatherlike - Picture that kind of Fatherlike God holding you, paying attention, knowing you fully, and offering himself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/a2aa74a6-9025-49eb-855e-2ce9038b273f/DSC_0001.jpg BLOG - Fatherlike - The Bible gives us other Fatherlike qualities of God: God is present and attentive. (Isaiah 58:9) God keeps us close to his heart. (Isaiah 40:11) God knows our name and satisfies us with good things. (Isaiah 43:1) He comforts us in our sadness and celebrates with our joys. (John 14) He loves us. (Jeremiah 31:3) He is not willing to leave us fatherless (John 14:18) He sets limits…we are not free to do everything we’d like to do, for our own safety and the good of society. (Matthew 5) He invites us to be with him, takes great delight in us, and even sings over us. (Zephaniah 3:17) https://www.deanejane.com/blog/always-remember monthly 0.5 2022-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/b3a5185f-17c8-4f63-a16c-d6b4d0a34974/IMG_1854.jpeg BLOG - Always Remember - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/6540918d-5d40-4538-bbab-f7f5652c16b5/0.jpg BLOG - Always Remember - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/8462e7af-e0cf-4053-9ac6-a85b65500264/IMG_1855.jpeg BLOG - Always Remember - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.deanejane.com/blog/jciycctf0ywri2r4q830qgalzub57s monthly 0.5 2022-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/48541171-2a74-41ae-963a-bf0d72e84c1b/IMG_3528.jpg BLOG - The Pleasing Aroma of Christ…and Cookies (plus a recipe) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/1651542179391-QU21IOLRTVTJF7K99PYQ/unsplash-image-OfdDiqx8Cz8.jpg BLOG - The Pleasing Aroma of Christ…and Cookies (plus a recipe) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.deanejane.com/blog/who-prays-for-you monthly 0.5 2022-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/4a25d535-6fa7-49f8-918b-103f0cb6e4d1/IMG_1421.jpg BLOG - It’s No Small Thing to Be Prayed For - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.deanejane.com/blog/falling-off-and-getting-back-up monthly 0.5 2022-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/bb57e48a-e313-4f59-83da-0ff0625e1c14/b2ab9192-aada-4144-be08-4a5a7e854289.jpg BLOG - On Balance and Pedaling - A few weeks ago, our daughter-in-law sent us a video of our youngest grandchild riding her little balance bike for the first time. She carefully alternated lifting her tiny three-year-old feet with putting them down on the ground, skidding along, and then lifting again as she carefully balanced herself, feeling her way to the success of not using her feet at all! “Look at me!” she shyly/proudly spoke into the camera. Because our son and family live in Costa Rica, we couldn’t be there to cheer her on but we enjoyed being able to watch her! It is such a big deal to finally ride a bicycle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/1647900906374-THH6HOHNWXJ76H9B8SJU/unsplash-image-OxzhYtL-00Y.jpg BLOG - On Balance and Pedaling - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.deanejane.com/blog/a-sluggish-start monthly 0.5 2022-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/682ef9b8-0c61-4de2-99a6-ce2010ad5013/IMG_1171.jpeg BLOG - A Sluggish Start It was difficult to get out of bed this morning. Two of our bedroom walls and ceilings are being renovated so we slept in the guest room last night. We got to bed late. Oh, I’m not sure why. Could have been the ball game, or the book I was reading, or quite possibly because we were trying to find our pajamas in the drawers that had been moved from their usual spot and piled in the back room. But the alarm let me know it was time to get up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/81a653fa-ea15-47ee-ad31-8fc815f37625/IMG_1163.jpeg BLOG - A Sluggish Start For the past couple of years, I have been reading through the book, ADORE, by Sara Hagerty, with a small group of women at my church. In this dynamic book, Sara defines, by her own vulnerability, what it means to praise God even when you don’t feel like it. She writes, “There will be many days in your life that you won’t feel the presence of God or the desire to read His word. You won’t want to talk to Him. If you wait until you feel like talking, you may miss the beauty of what He has for you in that moment. Sometimes you need to carve a way to Him with your words.” https://www.deanejane.com/blog/how-to-start monthly 0.5 2022-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/21ac98d4-0e88-406f-ba4d-42a9ef1c4d7a/IMG_3174.JPG BLOG - How To Start - It was foggy on that Sunday and every branch of every tree was coated with a bright covering of frosty rime ice. Every tree between here and Estherville offered those who took time to notice, a glorious beauty. The trees with leaves that had not yet fallen actually looked like gigantic feather dusters! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/c8fd6cf9-d185-4832-9462-acf9fbf41c87/IMG_3171.JPG BLOG - How To Start - I go among trees and sit still. All my stirring becomes quiet around me like circles on water. My tasks lie in their places where I left them, asleep like cattle. Then what is afraid of me comes and lives a while in my sight. What it fears in me leaves me, and the fear of me leaves it. It sings, and I hear its song. Then what I am afraid of comes. I live for a while in its sight. What I fear in it leaves it, and the fear of it leaves me. It sings, and I hear its song. After days of labor, mute in my consternations, I hear my song at last, and I sing it. As we sing, the day turns, the trees move. https://www.deanejane.com/blog/i-want-to-be-like-agatha-christie monthly 0.5 2022-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/bb51afe5-86ba-4f66-88ac-3fabb95716e8/gettyimages-79656006-612x612.jpg BLOG - I Want To Be Like Agatha Christie - Agatha Christie was an English writer who published 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections in her lifetime. Guinness World Records list her as the best-selling fiction writer of all time. She was born in September of 1890, died in January 1976, and lived through both World Wars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/ad9b7a18-44eb-43be-b181-6718ff92a593/IMG_2946.jpeg BLOG - I Want To Be Like Agatha Christie - But we did have a wonderful discussion along with a darling cake provided by our host of the evening. (If you’ve read the book, you will understand the cake.) Kudos to my friend, a most compelling baker, and our host that evening, Gwen Kline. it stand out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/d71f85bd-9f14-4827-89c2-940fe3f5c45a/images.jpg BLOG - I Want To Be Like Agatha Christie - In the film, Agatha’s grandson was talking while a photo shot up of him standing beside his NeeMa, as he called her. He spoke some words that caught my attention. He said, and I must paraphrase because my memory isn’t that precise, No one ever listened to me like my NeeMa. Her bright eyes looked deeply into mine and I felt like I could tell her anything. https://www.deanejane.com/blog/i-want-to-be-like-heather monthly 0.5 2022-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/be365262-10ba-45cd-a7fe-bed3a838d11a/unnamed.jpg BLOG - I Want To Be Like Heather - Let me explain. I have known Heather since the day her dad was introduced at our church as our new pastor. The whole family went to the front that Sunday so our congregation could welcome them. As they returned to their seats I noticed Heather and her little sister Heidi, full of charming little girl smiles with darling sparkly eyes. In the following years, her mom became a good friend of mine and her dad mentored me in leadership. Heather and our daughter grew to be friends. it stand out https://www.deanejane.com/blog/i-want-to-be-like-sabina monthly 0.5 2022-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/f50e336a-5b71-4614-8a1f-4b854a2c2e63/download.jpg BLOG - I Want To Be Like Sabina… - “Those of us who had faith realized for the first time how rich we were. The youngest Christians and the weakest had more resources to call on than the wealthiest old ladies and the most brilliant intellectuals. People with good brains, education, and wit, when deprived of their books and concerts, often seemed to dry up like indoor plants exposed to the winds. Heart and mind were empty…After work, women came to religious prisoners and asked, begged even, to be told something of what we remembered from the Bible. The words have hope, comfort, life.” https://www.deanejane.com/blog/i-have-a-recipe monthly 0.5 2022-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/fbf3b427-07bd-4bea-a26d-1a1e03ace079/DSC_0397.jpeg BLOG - I Have a Recipe - I have a recipe. You may have heard of it. You might already have it! You might have even used it. It’s been around for a while. My Aunt Alice’s Oatmeal Roll recipe has a story that I’d love for you to know. It is more than just a recipe. There’s something deeper than words and measurements on a card. But we’ll get to that part in a bit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/a2f9f63f-178f-48ca-b91b-e845a3a4d5c6/af327ffa-fb76-46e4-a9bd-9fc937d831f2.JPG BLOG - I Have a Recipe - I proceeded to tell her that I had a photo that would show her just how much we love our rolls at this house! I told her that I got this photo from our family in Costa Rica just before Easter. Joel wanted to show us that he had, indeed, prepared Aunt Alice's Rolls for their Easter dinner! I truly can’t articulate how I felt when I saw that Joel took the time to make sure that these rolls were on his family’s table on Easter Sunday. On that same day, they were served at Hannah & Greg’s Easter dinner and were also on our table when we ate with Jonathan. See? It matters. It feels so weighty and honoring to the importance of family, of belonging, of history, and of feasting together, even when we’re not together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/d33e31b1-c153-40a1-bbee-6887b5a893da/IMG_4199.jpeg BLOG - I Have a Recipe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/388f3863-2342-498a-b788-3fc1e147121a/IMG_4201.jpeg BLOG - I Have a Recipe - Make it stand out https://www.deanejane.com/blog/on-dads-amp-cheeks-amp-love monthly 0.5 2022-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/f18034d2-742f-4922-9766-7a05a49a7b0e/49f0bdf3-f2f8-4b63-85a7-aa61b4bc4b83.jpg BLOG - On Dads & Cheeks & Love - The other day I found our son, Joel, singing to his littlest, two-year-old Elsie, “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray. You’ll never know dear how much I love you, please don’t take my sunshine away.” https://www.deanejane.com/blog/who-carries-your-heart monthly 0.5 2022-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/280e4672-86b9-4c46-ad3d-a76dece4f91b/IMG_6156.JPG BLOG - Who Carries Your Heart? Can you believe it? It looks hand-fashioned. (Perhaps it was!) I reached down and picked it up, knowing it was for me. As I carried it with me along that mountain trail, I thought about the opening lines from the poem by E.E. Cummings, I Carry Your Heart With Me : I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart). I’m never without it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/b49a872a-7df4-42b9-850e-6adae2f7975b/IMG_6272.jpg BLOG - Who Carries Your Heart? Imagine my surprise when, just this week, my neighbor said to me, “Just a minute, I’ve got something for you.” She went to her kitchen and came back saying, “ I think I heard that you like hearts. I found this heart-shaped rock while we were on vacation last week and I brought it for you!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/1861793e-3870-48d5-8010-1450ea889666/55F1450F-D2D3-4847-967E-E4D3881CB189.jpg BLOG - Who Carries Your Heart? If you would like to know, here are a few sources of my lovely heart-shaped items: April Derek makes the felt hearts in her Etsy shop. I love to tuck these into fun places to be discovered. My neighbor, Ben Lucas makes my favorite wooden hearts out of all kinds of different woods. If you want to buy one, I can connect you to him. https://www.deanejane.com/blog/meeting-yesterdays-deane monthly 0.5 2022-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/83706b9a-bcab-46cb-ab34-d5deec00bf93/IMG_6432.jpeg BLOG - Meeting Yesterday’s Deane - A few weeks ago one of our adult kids had some questions that required me to open a long-closed and mostly forgotten journal. Pulling it off the top shelf of the tall antique bookcase, I didn’t fully understand the slight hesitation I felt for the project. Eager to please though, I gingerly opened the small blue cover and started scanning the pages for the sought-after information. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/f806d8d8-7053-4eb0-959c-4240b926c30c/IMG_6428.jpeg BLOG - Meeting Yesterday’s Deane At the time those journal entries were written, we had two darling boys, ages seven and three. I was the homeschool supervisor for sixteen families while homeschooling our own kids. My husband was the co-owner of a vigorous time-consuming business that required most of his energy, patience, and stamina. I had just started some of the healing work from my childhood and we were at the beginning of the emotionally intense work of adopting our daughter. Besides that, I was obsessed with my weight and my constant sidekicks, feelings of overwhelm and inadequacy, seemed to follow me everywhere. https://www.deanejane.com/blog/lets-reflect-a-bit monthly 0.5 2022-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/c1adc593-2027-4520-96f4-38c417141990/IMG_6741.JPG BLOG - Let’s Reflect a Bit - As I consider the flower reflected in the window, I wonder what I might find if I would only stop for a minute and be curious about my own reflection. What might I see? How would I feel about what I see? Would there be a nudge that something needs to change? What about God? What might he be thinking about the one who is looking back at me? What look would be on his face as I reflect on me? While considering my reflection, might I feel a sting about something? Something might feel “off” or not quite right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/92f4a7d8-df5a-4c28-80bd-ec6a2d20c107/IMG_6740.JPG BLOG - Let’s Reflect a Bit That's the journey I'm on. As I look back, I realize that more and more I'm unfolding my cautious arms and trusting God, while stepping into the truth of who he is imploring me to be. I know his favor surrounds me like a shield (Psalm 5:12) and I gladly step into that safe place while boldly facing the battles that come my way. I invite you to join me in the ever-present, loving, compelling, mysterious love of God. https://www.deanejane.com/blog/where-does-it-hurt monthly 0.5 2022-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/5b38117a-a9b2-4d15-afb7-4c5851f657d6/E3C6A9C3-7469-4D01-9D14-83235C70DC94.jpeg BLOG - Where Does It Hurt? - Recently I opened a text message and glanced at what was written there. The words were few and, I’m guessing, well intentioned, but they opened a sadness that has stayed within me for some time. It revealed a pain that I thought was no longer there. Make it stand out The words pointed to a situation I had no control over and I have rested in the assurance that God was in the details. But those details were unique to his work in my life and of those I love. https://www.deanejane.com/blog/2up947di2vgdkwmt8hjvboinp59a6w monthly 0.5 2022-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/28ef21ba-4c0b-462b-9db5-9a181d2cd5b5/FEjEGGOVUAMBigw.jpeg BLOG - Singing in the Shadow - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.deanejane.com/blog/four-ways-to-think-for-a-great-summer-chb7t monthly 0.5 2022-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/8010d6ed-6044-4244-a091-a50bcb1a5bf6/draw+near.jpeg BLOG - Draw Near - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/0dc304be-e302-4b74-b06d-25fd87a332d4/joel+and+rachel.jpeg BLOG - Draw Near - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.deanejane.com/blog/four-ways-to-think-for-a-great-summer monthly 0.5 2022-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/50bcd1a5-42ea-4b30-9cfa-6e7c1d5dfcbe/Screen+Shot+2022-01-05+at+4.16.44+PM.png BLOG - Four “Ways to Think” for a Great Summer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.deanejane.com/blog/soup-and-the-goodness-of-god monthly 0.5 2022-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/ec7772f0-aee1-4a8d-a6cf-bed0e5a5b49c/Screen+Shot+2022-01-05+at+4.07.40+PM.png BLOG - Soup and the Goodness of God - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.deanejane.com/blog/running-up-the-stairs monthly 0.5 2022-01-06 https://www.deanejane.com/blog/planted-to-give-away monthly 0.5 2022-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/584bf70e-ec56-4ead-a5fa-f44306a65e5b/Screen+Shot+2022-01-05+at+3.51.36+PM.png BLOG - Planted to Give Away - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/89b32097-02ba-406a-9338-f3bad962b1a0/Screen+Shot+2022-01-05+at+3.51.41+PM.png BLOG - Planted to Give Away - Fast Chicken Chili with Butternut Squash In honor of my father-in-law and the generous sharing of his beautiful butternut squash, here is a new soup recipe that we prepared and enjoyed this past week. https://www.deanejane.com/blog/category/FAITH monthly 0.5 https://www.deanejane.com/blog/category/FOOD monthly 0.5 https://www.deanejane.com/blog/category/FAMILY monthly 0.5 https://www.deanejane.com/blog/tag/FAITH monthly 0.5 https://www.deanejane.com/home daily 1.0 2026-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/f7353ce4-1f03-45cb-8790-adefd82b4371/-Deane+Jane+%281%29.png HOME - Hello, my friend! I’m Deane and I’m delighted that you have stopped by. This is the place where you’ll find nurturing stories from the life I find myself living, along with tales from the past that illustrate the healing and hope I’ve found. I love God (a lot) and believe that the path toward wholeness begins with the wonder of being so very loved by Him. So, like a hug after coffee and good conversation, I pray you will take a deep breath and find something to savor as you navigate this safe place written with you in mind. https://www.deanejane.com/contact daily 0.75 2022-02-03 https://www.deanejane.com/spiritual-direction daily 0.75 2022-02-03 https://www.deanejane.com/meet-deane daily 0.75 2022-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d76d46429e6c714c6b92ea/d146957d-ec7f-4783-b11a-d77391152a96/-Deane+Jane+%282%29.png MEET DEANE - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.deanejane.com/food daily 0.75 2022-01-06 https://www.deanejane.com/family daily 0.75 2022-01-06 https://www.deanejane.com/faith daily 0.75 2022-01-06