by Jennifer Hallmark | Apr 1, 2025 | A Smidgeon of Hope, Blogs/Podcasts
“For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Mar 25, 2025 | A Smidgeon of Hope, Blogs/Podcasts
MIracles. What do you think of when you hear the word? Moses parting the Red Sea? Jesus walking on the water? Someone pronounced dead and then revived afterward? We all have our thoughts when it comes to miracles. And I think miracles are something we can tie into...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Mar 18, 2025 | A Smidgeon of Hope, Blogs/Podcasts
Hope. We all need it. Hunt for it. Grab onto it in our times of greatest need. But what exactly is it? For this word, I’ve dug back into my favorite old dictionary, Webster’s 1828. It says, “Hope is a desire of some good, accompanied with at least a slight expectation...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Mar 11, 2025 | A Smidgeon of Hope, Blogs/Podcasts
Hello, friends! I’ve been thinking about hope and the past and I’ve come to a conclusion. I don’t believe in the good ol’ days. Nope. I truly believe each season of my life has had its share of the positive and negative. Highs and lows....
by Jennifer Hallmark | Mar 4, 2025 | A Smidgeon of Hope, Blogs/Podcasts
Hope. Sometimes you find it in unexpected places. Like a quote from St. Augustine–a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa, born in 354 AD. St. Augustine said, “God loves each of us as if there...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Feb 25, 2025 | A Smidgeon of Hope, Blogs/Podcasts
The beginning of 2025 has not been exactly peaceful. Many events and circumstances have made it hard to lie down at night and just relax. Rest. Those worrisome thoughts. You know the ones: Have I finished everything I was supposed to do today? Did I pray enough? Will...
