Welcome! This blog chronicles when I have stopped to listen to God speak through the Bible, nature, music, and others. I hope that by sharing my journey, it will encourage you to let your soul stop and hear God speak to you.

~ Dolly   

• What is God's heart toward you?
• What is the why behind your dream?
• How do you taste and see that God is good?
• Learning to trust how God sees you
• Five Minute Fridays: Broken

• What is empty bowl theology?
• Supporting South Sudan's orphans
• Being present and thankful for what I am experiencing...
• Learning the art of listening...
• Are you riding with Jesus?
• Alphabet of Thanks Series: Need "G"race
• When it doesn't look like a gift
• Help me to REmember...

• Alphabet of Thanks
• Book Reviews
• Fathers
• Five Minute Fridays
• General
• Heaven
• Lent 2012
• Movie&Play Reviews
• Parenting
• Songs
• Spiritual Formation
• Thankful Thursdays

Just ... a moment: The Mourning Dove ~

oh, how Susan's quote and photo touched my heart today

tuning my heart....: Grace For The Gaps.

GAPS God Always Provides and Supplies; wise words from a veteran mom

Good Leaders Are Good Listeners: Four Ways to Improve

Probably the greatest reason people fail in ministry is not immorality, a lack of intelligence, or poor planning. It’s insensitivity. Most of us simply talk too much. James 1:19 (NIV) says, “Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.”

How to Really Live » A Holy Experience

‘Dear Mama, I am in the camp of Auschwitz. Everything is well in my regard. Be tranquil about me and about my health, because the good God is everywhere and provides for everything with love.’”

True Hope and a Future: CHRISTIANITY - HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT

The message of Genesis hidden in the Chinese language: Fascinating...corroborates a book I read a while ago, which went into even greater detail.