by Jennifer Beckstrand | Feb 15, 2021 | Faith, Inspirational
This month’s Year of Charity focus is on kindness. Have you learned anything about kindness this month? Do you have any insights you would be willing to share in the comments? Have you ever seen Facebook explode? Someone posts something controversial and then...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Feb 1, 2021 | Faith, Inspirational
This month in my “Year of Charity,” I am focusing on “Charity is kind.” A friend of mine once said, “Being kind is different than being nice. I’d rather be kind.” I’ve thought a lot about that. Here are the definitions...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Jan 25, 2021 | Faith, Inspirational
Every month on this blog, we are discussing an attribute of charity. In January, I have been working on “Charity suffers long.” I would love to know what insights you have gained from studying this topic. Charity is the pure love of Christ and the basis of...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Jan 4, 2021 | Faith, Inspirational
Happy New Year! Recently, I was reading in the scriptures and happened upon one of my favorite passages. 1 Corinthians 13 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly,...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Nov 24, 2020 | Family, Inspirational
I have always regretted giving up on music lessons at the tender age of seven, and as a young mother, I determined that my children would learn to play the piano or die trying. For one daughter, practicing was especially torturous. I cajoled, I bribed, I demanded, but...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Aug 17, 2020 | Author's Corner, Inspirational, Romance
If you enjoyed twins Alfie and Benji Petersheim in Andrew and Abraham, you’re going to love them in A Peanut Butter Christmas, my story included in the Amish Christmas Miracles Collection. If you haven’t yet read one of my Petersheim Brothers books,...