by DeAnn Carpenter | Mar 21, 2021 | Arise + Shine
It’s fitting that as spring brings the new to us, we in turn must let go of the old. Just as we clean out our closets from the things that don’t fit and our garages of things we have no use for in a new season, you might find yourself internalizing some of that change...
by DeAnn Carpenter | Jan 21, 2021 | Arise + Shine
Twenty-one days into the new year and I’m finally getting around to writing about the new thing God has said. Maybe like me, you have gotten quiet to ask God for a word on your 2021 that would help align your heart and reframe your thinking for all the year holds. If...
by DeAnn Carpenter | Dec 1, 2020 | Arise + Shine
Words have been plentiful for me this season. I’ve been close to the finishing of a book I’m writing, I’ve been helping my kids with remote learning while the school took a break, I took in precious words from friends at a birthday gathering, and just recently played...
by DeAnn Carpenter | Sep 28, 2020 | Arise + Shine
(Photo Credit: Brought and Broken/ Etsy) I try to daily position myself and tune in toward the words of Psalm 85:8, “having an ear to listen to what God says.” Sometimes that tune is right on key and other times I’m missing the chorus. However A couple of weeks ago I...
by DeAnn Carpenter | Aug 23, 2020 | Arise + Shine
I am not known for my navigation skills, my husband always tells me it’s imperative I look for “landmarks” to help me remember. Before summer began we were in KS for a couple months whereby I used a group of cows to help me remember where to turn, only they are mobile...
by DeAnn Carpenter | May 19, 2020 | Arise + Shine
“In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon people, he may speak in their ears…” (Job 33:15). I love those words and find myself hopeful and at attention as I drift to sleep. Just over a week ago I was waking up out of a dream, and in it I...
by DeAnn Carpenter | Apr 30, 2020 | Arise + Shine
I woke up to the sound, or maybe I was coming out of a dream, but whatever state I was in the Lord had my attention. What I heard was a walkie-talkie that was cutting in and out. I tried to make sense of the scratching noise when I heard the call for “May Day.” I knew...
by DeAnn Carpenter | Apr 16, 2020 | Arise + Shine
My daughter and I have been playing a lot of dolls and “house” lately since the lockdown, a constant act of sacrifice every time I hear her start to say, “mom can you….” GAH, I know what’s coming. But I’ve noticed a constant theme with her once we start in, no...
by DeAnn Carpenter | Mar 30, 2020 | Arise + Shine
“From the ends of the earth we hear songs…” -Says scripture. We see pictures, we dream dreams, and we catch the whisper. What a season where the distancing is actually making room for more intimacy. The other night I fell asleep with a phrase the Lord put in my...
by DeAnn Carpenter | Mar 17, 2020 | Arise + Shine
With all this new time off I was helping my daughter clean out her bedroom…and good thing we have a couple weeks to work on it. As we were sorting I couldn’t help but notice all of the puzzle pieces I kept grabbing, no doubt the symbolism felt thick. So I got...
