Deborah J. Flora https://adelightfulglow.com/author/debjane/ Discovering Delight & Dwelling in Our Days Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:08:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/adelightfulglow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cropped-1-of-1-4.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Deborah J. Flora https://adelightfulglow.com/author/debjane/ 32 32 26348127 Loneliness Longing Love https://adelightfulglow.com/loneliness-longing-love/ https://adelightfulglow.com/loneliness-longing-love/#respond Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:06:05 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=50030 If I’m honest, I’ve spent large chunks of my life feeling lonely.The odd part? I’ve never been without people who loved me. People I relied on. People who mattered to me and who made me feel that I mattered too.Nevertheless, also loneliness and longing. We watched Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, last Friday, and at [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/loneliness-longing-love/feed/ 0 50030 Celebrating Journaling as a Spiritual Practice https://adelightfulglow.com/celebrating-journaling-as-a-spiritual-practice/ https://adelightfulglow.com/celebrating-journaling-as-a-spiritual-practice/#respond Tue, 03 Mar 2026 16:43:55 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=49963 I’m so very, very happy to welcome to the page today, my dear friend, Allison Byxbe. She’s often found with pen to page and all-things-journaling are in her wheelhouse. I couldn’t be more delighted to share her new book, Journaling as a Spiritual Practice, with you. This book lands on shelves and online today! It’s [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/celebrating-journaling-as-a-spiritual-practice/feed/ 0 49963 Wherein We Find My Favorite Books Read in 2025 https://adelightfulglow.com/wherein-we-find-my-favorite-books-read-in-2025/ https://adelightfulglow.com/wherein-we-find-my-favorite-books-read-in-2025/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2026 22:48:35 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=49909 One of my delights in December is reading booklists compiled by readers of their favorite books from this year of reading. I’ve read Emily P. Freeman’s and Lore Wilbert’s and Anne Bogel’s and other lists from bookstore newsletters, Insta accounts, and Substack. It’s fun to see the same titles popping up on numerous lists. Particularly [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/wherein-we-find-my-favorite-books-read-in-2025/feed/ 1 49909 Beautiful Word Coloring Bible Giveaway https://adelightfulglow.com/beautiful-word-coloring-bible-giveaway/ https://adelightfulglow.com/beautiful-word-coloring-bible-giveaway/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2025 19:54:40 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=49890 A few months have rolled by since my fingers have tapped the keyboard in this space. I’m stuck in September and swiveling my head on the off-chance I can catch where October danced away too, leaving November hanging on my calendar. This is often the rhythm and song of life and time. I’m delighted to [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/beautiful-word-coloring-bible-giveaway/feed/ 5 49890 A Roll of the Dice or a Flip of the Spinner https://adelightfulglow.com/a-roll-of-the-dice-or-a-flip-of-the-spinner/ https://adelightfulglow.com/a-roll-of-the-dice-or-a-flip-of-the-spinner/#respond Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:18:32 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=49884 Life feels an awfulot like a game of Monopoly And I am often waiting for someone to tell me it is my turn  And I will roll snake eyes and creepy-crawl Towards Go Hoping to pass it this time  Collect two hundred  But roll it three times consecutively  And I will go directly  TO JAIL [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/a-roll-of-the-dice-or-a-flip-of-the-spinner/feed/ 0 49884 Thoughts on Humility https://adelightfulglow.com/thoughts-on-humility/ https://adelightfulglow.com/thoughts-on-humility/#respond Thu, 05 Jun 2025 19:43:05 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=49880 Humility is a habit.  I hear Malcolm Gladwell say this in a podcast interview. The statement sticks, and I keep musing on it. Turning it this way and that. Observing it. Considering it.I’ve long considered humility the virtue most difficult to attain.This simplifies it. Sums it up. Renders it achievable. Do I believe this to [...]

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