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Jeanine Joyner commented on the post, Oh, Freedom: Words & Music for Juneteenth 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Such painful and powerful truth, my friend. I’m so grateful for your important voice, and I pray the body of Christ will recognize and heed the call to repair what has been broken. Thank you to The Rabbit Room for being a space to hold these conversations and a vessel for healing.
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Jeanine Joyner commented on the post, Feasts We Were Never Meant to Serve 3 months ago
This piece brought tears to my eyes and an ache to my heart. Such beauty and depth to your words! I am one who is grateful for the Homebound experience and all that I learned about serving and hospitality through it. Congratulations on your precious little one. May the feast of your mothering only grow sweeter !
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Jeanine Joyner commented on the post, The Light that Shines in Darkness 7 months ago
What an absolutely beautiful story. I love how God teaches us through his sweet, fur-and-feathered creation.
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Jeanine Joyner wrote a new post, Not Bound by Home 11 months, 4 weeks ago
Last spring, when the Rabbit Room announced that the in-person gathering of Hutchmoot was cancelled, I felt my stomach drop in disappointment. I had been among the lucky ones who had raced to our computers and […]
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“may we have the grace to recognize the gift we have been given”
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How entirely lovely, Jeanine! Thank you for writing about your experience.
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Jeanine Joyner commented on the post, Announcing More Guests at Hutchmoot: Homebound 2021 1 year, 1 month ago
I was already excited, but seeing Jason Eskridge is joining us just pushed it to a whole new level! What an amazing list of guests you have found!
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Jeanine Joyner commented on the post, Why You Really Ought to Learn about Mongolian Throat Singing 1 year, 11 months ago
By golly, you got me with this one. I didn’t expect a fun piece with a title like “Mongolian Throat Singing” to make me cry. But it did. Well done, Mark. Well done.
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Jeanine Joyner commented on the post, Love in the Time of COVID-19 2 years, 4 months ago
I absolutely love your perspective. We are being given so many gifts in the midst of these days if we will only have eyes to see. Despite the many disappointments and cancellations, the slow pace, puzzles, music, books, and dancing in the kitchen have renewed our spirits. I believe this break from the crazy pace we have kept is the equivalent of a…[Read more]
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Jeanine Joyner commented on the post, This Is How the Work Gets Done, Part 2: Midwifing Creativity 2 years, 4 months ago
Bailey, you are such a gift to me and so many others! Thankful for your beautiful heart and voice of truth. Cannot wait to hug your neck again at Hutchmoot 🙂
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Jeanine Joyner wrote a new post, What I Learned in the Darkness 2 years, 10 months ago
I didn’t want to go there. Sitting in stunned silence as Ella Mine performed her Dream War show, I battled emotions that took me by complete surprise.
She is twenty-two. Twenty-two. I didn’t like the dem […]
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What a good reflection. That amazing hour of music made me uncomfortable, too, and I’ve been thinking of both the show and my reaction ever since. In the midst of it, I wasn’t gauging distance to the doors but reading ahead, counting how many more of those exquisitely crafted and powerful songs were left until I could feel a little emotional relief. Since then, as I’ve described it to a few friends, I’ve realized quite a bit more how valuable Ella’s music is. It puts such words to suffering, and there are people in my own circles who will experience some healing by realizing they’re not alone. And this fit in with one of the things that really struck me at Hutchmoot: the sense of a deep, abiding joy and extreme beauty in the midst of acknowledging some pretty real and severe pain. Neither were shied away from, and I also believe that the light will shine all the brighter for having been contrasted against the dark.
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Yes. Yes. Yes.
” It is better to sit in the grief and brokenness, to let it do its hard heart work, and not rush through it. We all like the happy ending. I certainly do. But I’m learning I cannot rush redemption. I must sit in the hard places and not run away. I must sit with those who suffer and mourn with those who mourn. Silence may be the balm they need instead of trite answers.”
I shared these words with a friend. They encapsulate very well my own season of grief. And a hundred thank-yous to Ella for being brave enough to unmask raw pain and loss and invite us into it as a feast of its own. -
I’m encouraged to be reminded to not rush through the darkness and the pain, to continue to limp along, to continue to create. Thanks for this beautiful post!
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Jeanine Joyner commented on the post, Reading <em>The Color of Compromise</em> Together 3 years, 3 months ago
I just wanted to say how thankful I am that this topic is being given a hard focus here. We have so much to learn from one another and that can only happen when we swallow our pride and presuppositions in order to enter into what will likely be difficult and painful discussions. Thank you, Jen, for stepping out and creating this group.
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Jeanine Joyner commented on the post, Addressing The Inner Ring 3 years, 5 months ago
Shige, you offer such insight and wisdom that I pray will resonate throughout the community. You and I have spoken of this, but for the sake of sharing I will say that I am doing my part to bring dear friends from my church into the Rabbit Room community by offering a writing small group to help build confidence in those who long to write but…[Read more]
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Jeanine Joyner commented on the post, Desert and Flood 3 years, 5 months ago
Wonderful and so true.
“Beyond the floodwaters is a God who is taking desolation and making something new.”
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Jeanine Joyner commented on the post, First Annual Seed Sightings: A Glimpse of Things to Come 3 years, 5 months ago
I just spent yesterday morning planting seeds, along with peonies and day lilies. I especially loved this: “As a gardener, I can never escape how significantly gardening mimics life. It is a wonderful parallel that fills me with awe and reverence.” So much of my own writing has been a direct result of truths God has shown me in the garden.…[Read more]
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Jeanine Joyner commented on the post, Mr. Brunson's Offering 3 years, 6 months ago
Love this! We have a little girl with special needs in my daughter’s ballet class and watching her fight to overcome has been a blessing to me. Beauty is definitely in the unconventional!
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Jeanine Joyner commented on the post, Gardener's Heart: A Love Story, Part 1 3 years, 6 months ago
Oh my goodness, how this spoke to my heart! As I read your beautiful words I couldn’t help but apply them across so many areas of my life in which I fight “the weeds,” especially this: “You rejoice to find that neither drought, nor busyness, nor squash vine borers have power to snuff out that original spark, and that a seed catalogue, or a fleck…[Read more]
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Jeanine Joyner commented on the post, Book Review: Inexpressible by Michael Card 3 years, 6 months ago
This sounds wonderful! Michael Card takes me back to my early walk with Christ. Much of my fledgeling understanding of God was directly impacted by and matured through his music. What a gift he has with words, so poetic and full of truth. I can’t wait to read this book. 🙂
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Jeanine Joyner commented on the post, Now I Belong 3 years, 7 months ago
What a beautiful perspective! Thank you for sharing it…such a great reminder that we are part of a gloriously diverse Kingdom!
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