Joni Topper
What's in a Name?
"Your Family Name" by Nelle A. Williams You got it from your father It was all he had to give So it's yours to use and cherish For as...
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Joni Topper
- Apr 13
- 2 min
Where Are You?
Does life seem to run in fast, then slow seasons for you? While I definitely have more fast seasons than slow, I also have seasons of...
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Joni Topper
- Feb 21
- 3 min
Examine This
“We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe.” (Genesis 37:32b NIV) Joseph’s brothers placed a bloody robe in their...
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Joni Topper
- Jan 2
- 2 min
I Choose ............
New year choices, health, scripture application. How to put it all together.
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Joni Topper
- Oct 3, 2022
- 3 min
You Heard it Here First - Not Really
The 2022 hurricane season is underway. As hurricane Ian threatened the coast of Florida, I sat in the hospital with my sick husband...
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Joni Topper
- Aug 26, 2022
- 2 min
Just Like my Father
My grandson gained a new baby brother a few days before we took this picture in the park. He felt like the big boy in the family. A new...
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Joni Topper
- Jul 6, 2022
- 2 min
Windows
While walking, I passed this old building. The window caught my eye. Why would a window be built so small? I thought being inside there...
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Joni Topper
- Jan 9, 2022
- 1 min
Cast Iron Skillet
For Christmas this year I considered asking for a new gas grill for outside. The one we’ve been using has seen better days. There are not...
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Joni Topper
- Jan 9, 2022
- 2 min
A Courier of Grace for Your Family
This morning I knocked a calendar off of my kitchen counter while tidying up. It’s one of those flip calendars and I realized instantly...
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Joni Topper
- Jan 10, 2021
- 2 min
Nearing the Shore
Nearing the Shore December 2020 The year 2020 held challenges for the entire world that no one knew were coming. Saying farewell to this...
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Joni Topper
- Jan 7, 2021
- 2 min
Where did you get that idea?
Someone recently asked me how I chose the name of this ministry. Since I accepted Jesus as my savior at the age of seven, I have had a...
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Joni Topper
- Oct 27, 2020
- 2 min
Torn Between Two Lovers
Seven year old me. About the time I said to God, "No one else can have the part of me I gave to you." Best choice I ever made. There was...
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Joni Topper
- Sep 16, 2020
- 3 min
Heavenly Job Description
When God uses our actions in a great way, are we great or is God great?
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Joni Topper
- Sep 1, 2020
- 4 min
Old Dogs and Children and Watermelon Wine
A few minutes of music can make a quick trip into town feel like a retreat. Sometimes for inspiration, sometimes for fun. Today an old...
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Joni Topper
- Aug 7, 2020
- 3 min
Apology Accepted
One day a mother and her 10-year old son requested a talk with the pastor who also taught the boy’s Bible study class. The child had...
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Joni Topper
- Jul 11, 2020
- 3 min
Walls of Rebellion
“Sometimes when I get up in the night to go to the bathroom or get a drink, when I get back into bed I am so close to the edge there is a...
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Joni Topper
- Jun 5, 2020
- 3 min
Share – A growing experience
From the time we are children some of the earliest lessons our parents try to teach us have to do with sharing. Share your lunch. Share...
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Joni Topper
- May 8, 2020
- 4 min
Such a Time as This
Ever wonder if what you do day in and day out matters? There are many stories in the Bible of nameless people who, while completing their...
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Joni Topper
- Apr 20, 2020
- 3 min
Be Still
Today is day 41 that I have been social distancing. Asking me to be still is like asking a zebra to lose his stripes. I woke this...
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Joni Topper
- Apr 3, 2020
- 2 min
Thanks Mom
Thanks Mom, for toughing it out with your three teenage daughters and showing us firsthand how to persevere in the pursuit of knowing God.
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