1st February: https://www.deviantart.com/brenorenz/journal/Church-notes-1st-February-2026-1293660560
8th February: https://www.deviantart.com/brenorenz/journal/Church-notes-8th-February-2026-1296392922
1th February: https://www.deviantart.com/brenorenz/journal/Church-notes-15th-February-2026-1299072290
15th
Ephesians 3
Daniel 2:31 - 34
Ephesians 3:10
God thinks differently.
He loves us as ordinary people.
We do not have to go through a priest or rituals to approach Him.
He wants a relationship with us and He wants us to be honest with Him.
vs 6
Every nation, every ethnic group. Not only the elites.
Revelation 12:10, 11
Satan is defeated through what Jesus has done and the testimony of His people.
The servent heart.
vs 13
vs 20 - 21
25th
Psalm 34
Thankfulness in the midst of Lament
Intertwined.
Lamentation.
How? or Alas!
How, why, is this happening?
The prophet isn't hiding his pain or anguish.
Lament
Psalm 13
Cycle of Lament
"How long, oh LORD."
"But I trust in your love."
Turned toward God.
David brought his pain to God.
13:5
The lament brought him closer to God.
Lament - the expression of faith under strain.
Gratitude
1 Thessalonians 5:18
Give thanks in all circumstances.
Gratitude in the midst of trials.
Look for the silver lining,
Romans 8:28
The good is Eternal Salvation provided through Jesus Christ. That is everything!
A Biblical gratitude.
Romans 8:24
Romans 8:29
We have been saved by grace.
The Doctor, the Morgendorffer sisters and Peter Parker begin investigating Lawndale for who may be responsible for the portal. Team Possible also enter Lawndale through the portal and investigate themselves. Kim and Ron run into the Doctor after a mysterious flicker affects Lawndale's electrical infrastructure.
fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14486471/2/Convergence-on-Lawndale
Archive Of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/works/67097887/chapters/173246860
Challenge #9
Talk about your favorite tropes in media or transformative works. (Feel free to substitute in theme/motif/cliche if "trope" doesn't resonate with you.)
Post your answer to today's challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it.
Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so. Also, feel free to entice engagement by giving us a preview of what your post covers.
For your reference:
Fanlore's List of Tropes in Fanworks
Popular Tropes this week at TV Tropes
AllTheTropes.org
And please do check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on.
And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.
Slice of Life: The characters in their usual day to day lives
Introspection: The characters reflecting on their lives.
Alternate Universes: For Want of A Nail most often. It is fun to figure out how events might have gone differently.
Worldbuilding. Figuring out the details beyond what the canon sets out.
Crossover. Figuring out two different canons would work together is part of the fun.
18th
Communion
Philippians 2:5 - 11
Sermon
Psalm 36
The nature of evil
People obsessed with power and wealth unaware of the damage they are doing.
vs 1
Fear of God - A healthy respect for God as Who He Is, including as judge.
vs 2
We have the examples of Jesus and the Bible.
But without those - self righteousness leads to self-justification
We need to keep our eyes on God so that we don't loose perspective.
vs 3
Addiction to winning.
We are to love our enemies.
There is evil and bad things, but we have a God who loves us.
Challenge # 8
Talk about your creative process.
Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it.
Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so. Also, feel free to entice engagement by giving us a preview of what your post covers.
And please do check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on.
And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.
I'm a plantser. I often write according to my muse, while also planning out where the story would go. But it varies from story to story. Sometimes I plan, other times I don't.
I post first to forums and my blogs, but these days there is hardly any feedback on the WIPs that way. (Most likely because I'm writing for a niche fandom, or if for a more popular fandom, writing a niche storyline or in a niche genre for that fandom.)
Then it would go to beta once an installment (or a sufficient portion of an ongoing saga) is complete, but that can be hit or miss.
