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Joni Topper
Feb 33 min read
Fifty-One Years of Questions
Today is a day I will always remember. I’ve been married to Ernest for forty-two years. We attended a memorial service for one of his...
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Joni Topper
Jul 18, 20233 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20232 min read
I Choose ............
New year choices, health, scripture application. How to put it all together.
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Joni Topper
Oct 3, 20223 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20204 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20204 min read
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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