Janis Van Keuren

Writing Heart-Filled Moments

Author: Janis Van Keuren

Cooking Southwestern Style

Cooking Southwestern Style

  Chicken Fajitas      It may look like we do a lot of barbecuing at our home~and you would be right in thinking that.  During the summer months when it…
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Be Still And Know He is Near

     On days when the crashing ocean waves are not visible and the shores are miles away, I can look at my basket of shells and remember the refreshment and…
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Pulled Taut

Pulled Taut

Goggle Image by Chidrencherished.com          It’s been a week of waiting, and trusting, and hoping in the Lord.  Waiting to see His plan and purpose unfold for my life.  For…
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Hearts to Encourage

Photo purposely blurred         Tears trickled down my cheeks as I saw the young man’s picture.  He standing there in camouflage, arm around his wife.  The same age as our…
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Spinning with Celebration

Spinning with Celebration

         Whirling round with joy, round as the plate that celebrates the moments of our family life.  What set this joy of celebration spinning?  A round red plate–a gift from…
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Reflections of His Glory

Reflections of His Glory

          “From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets the name of the Lord is to be praised.” Psalm 113:3 NIV      I hopped in…
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Resting in Him

Resting in Him

          As life whirls around us, we teeter attempting to keep all the activities in our life in balance.  Our pride keeps us jumping from one project to the…
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A New Labor Day Treat

A New Labor Day Treat

     With Labor Day rapidly approaching and most of America planning to cook outdoors with family and friends, most of your menu is probably planned or typical from past warm…
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All Dressed in Worry

All Dressed in Worry

     “And why do you worry about clothes?  See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.  Yet I tell you that not even Solomon…
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Beneath His Love

Beneath His Love

          The smell of wet pine needles mixed with a potpourri of wild flowers, ferns, mountain meadow grasses and mud produced a heady fragrance beyond anything one could find bottled…
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