Beauty For Ashes

Pastor Phylis invites you on a journey to turn those dark places into a time to find intimacy with God, tough times into a demonstration of God's power, and our messes into a basis for ministry.

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Grieving

My last uncle died, my Dad's last male sibling. Grandma had seven boys and six girls. Two of the girls are living still. But El...

Friday, April 22, 2016

Food for thought

I I met a man on the elevator at school. He carried the plans for his tombstone. Yes. His project for sculpture class was to create a mon...

Saturday, March 19, 2016

REVIVE PROJECT WEEKEND

PJ and J J and J J and PJ How many bags for 3 ladies?? A cart full apparently!! It'...

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Just Be Good for Goodness Sake?

We've decided this Christmas season we're going to find several church services to attend. Why? Well, we'd like to deliv...

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Of Nineveh and Nazareth

I preached on Sunday from the book of Jonah. "You Drive Me Crazy: Hot Button Issues" I ended with a bit of the life of Jesus a...

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Random thoughts (From September 2013)

AACC Conference It's a lovely warm, sunshiny day outside. I can see the sun through the glass panels of the dome overhead. An am...

All I really need!

Struggling with emotions today for no good reason. And. . . ran across these lyrics. IN THE PRESENCE OF JEHOVAH In and out of situati...

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About Me

PJ: I'm a fellow traveller on this planet, bent on making a difference in the lives I touch. Sometimes I teach: Sra. Frizzle. Sometimes I cook: Mexibilly Cuisine. Sometimes I write: Color Me Ozark. Sometimes I photograph: PJ's Life, Light and Lens. Sometimes I counsel: Beauty for Ashes. Sometimes I share life experiences: Bits and Pieces. I was a living liver donor, December 29, 2005. Then I was diagnosed with breast cancer August 6, 2006. (It still takes my breath away to write that!) After a left radical mastectomy and a year of chemotherapy I was declared cancer-free. What a roller coaster ride! From healthy-as-a-horse liver donor to a battle with cancer, all in the space of a few months! I've come to realize that the call of God on my life includes the task of sharing with others those dark moments, those difficult times at the end of human strength when God's Grace and Mercy has carried me through. That same Grace and Mercy is availble to YOU...whatever path you may be on, whatever valley you may be crossing. God is with you. ************ I can be contacted through: www.jccelgin.org **** Y abri un blog en Espanol. Anicos y piezas.

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