Madelyn Istrate

writing in the margins of life

  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Disclosure
  • Reading Plans

Month: December 2020

Encouragement

Where Are the Bells?

December 22, 2020December 22, 2020by Madelyn Istrate6 Comments on Where Are the Bells?
Where Are the Bells?

Where are the bells? I've strained my ears, longing for the sweet, familiar sound, but they feel so far away. I look out to the horizon, searching for those singing the unbroken song of wild, sweet words, but I cannot see them. Can you? The world revolves from night to day, I long to hear [...]

Literary

Favorite Reads of 2020

December 9, 2020December 10, 2020by Madelyn Istrate2 Comments on Favorite Reads of 2020
Favorite Reads of 2020

2020 has thrown a wrench in a lot of my plans, but one of the things that really benefitted from this wacko year was my reading list. I completed my initial reading goals in April, and decided to keep plowing ahead. I haven't read this much in years, and I have to say, I thoroughly [...]

Encouragement

He Does Great Things

December 3, 2020by Madelyn Istrate3 Comments on He Does Great Things
He Does Great Things

All year long I've been planning what I would read for Advent. In typical 2020 fashion, those plans fell through and in a last minute decision, I decided that instead of trying to quickly come up with an alternative, I would just read the opening chapters of Luke each day. There's something about reading the [...]

Madelyn Istrate

Madelyn Istrate

A disciple of Jesus who journals about a life of small, marvelously beautiful things when she's not reading too many books at once.

View Full Profile →

Top Posts & Pages

  • Maybe He is the Answer, and He is Enough
  • She's My Hero
  • When Feeble Senses Blind

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 369 other subscribers

Categories

Archives

Website Built with WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Madelyn Istrate
    • Join 369 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Madelyn Istrate
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...