Chronicles of The Donovan Clan

  • Chronicles of the Donovan Clan – Spring Update

    Chronicles of the Donovan Clan – Spring Update

    Well my friends, I think it’s time finally, to give you an update on the Donovan Clan.  If you have been a reader here for longer than a year, you will remember that my son and his family relocated from Las Vegas to California last January. They moved in with us and lived here for…

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  • This Time, I Prayed Differently For My Husband -Chronicles Of The Donovan Clan

    This Time, I Prayed Differently For My Husband -Chronicles Of The Donovan Clan

    I started to pray differently.  My friends, in the past two weeks I’ve experienced a shaking. A shaking in my prayer life, my husband has been shaken, our marriage too. God is shaking things that have been entwined in our marriage for nearly two decades.  Two weeks ago I prayed for my husband and since…

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  • An Open Letter To My Daughter  – The Shades of Mr. Grey

    An Open Letter To My Daughter – The Shades of Mr. Grey

    My Precious Daughter, Caitie.  You are becoming an amazing young woman right before my eyes. As you work through your second year of college, I see your heart grow for people and God. You’ve had your first boyfriend, discovered living on your own, set your own schedule and have achieved exceptional grades from your Professors.…

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  • Fasting For The Miracles

    Fasting For The Miracles

    Hi Everyone,  I want to share a special story today. Remember that on Monday I shared God is speaking the word expectant over me. And my spirit has been filled with an extra measure of hope. Great hope. Fantastic, miraculous hope.  This Christmas season the Lord has revealed some unexpected nearly impossible realities. My son…

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  • The Great Gifts Of The Unequally Yoked

    The Great Gifts Of The Unequally Yoked

    Hello SUM Nation:  I just wonder……  Can you perhaps come to understand the unique and special blessings of the unequally yoked?  I bet someone just read this and rolled their eyes? Anybody???  As a woman who has walked this journey now for more than two decades, I truly understand how very difficult it can be.…

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  • A Season Of Miracles. A Great and Unexpected Story!

    A Season Of Miracles. A Great and Unexpected Story!

    Hello SUMite Nation,  My friends, it’s the season of miracles. And I have a story for you.  Most of you know that I have been really ill. I have prayed a lot about these weird and frequent illnesses that have plagued myself and my family since August. Remember my daughter had the flu, then pneumonia…

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  • Who Were The Pray-ers?

    Who Were The Pray-ers?

    From Monday’s post…….However, before we leave I want to go and give a hug and thank you to each of the trio of the prayer team. I start looking all over. I can’t find them.  Ahhhhhhh, now that is an interesting story in itself. I haven’t been able to stop considering the trio of pray-ers…

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  • Jesus Heals! In Front of My Eyes!

    Jesus Heals! In Front of My Eyes!

    If you missed Friday’s post, go back and read it now. Here is the link. Now let’s pick up the story.  Okay, remember my daughter who is 19 just received word that Jesus launched her into a new journey. And my friends, already so much has happened to her as she returned to her college…

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  • Does Jesus Heal Today?

    Does Jesus Heal Today?

    SUMites,  Where to begin. Let me ask you a question. Do you believe God still heals? Can He cure cancer, heal the blind restore hearing in the deaf?  If you are a SUMite, I know you said yes. I know you said that because we MUST believe in great miracles of God’s love and kindness.…

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  • The Key To Powerful Prayer

    The Key To Powerful Prayer

    Leaving 5,774 behind. Rosh Hashanah 2014. Part Deux  Part I  I’ve learned a lot about the power of prayer this past year. My friends, this little word prayer becomes mundane in its over use in our culture.  Prayer: entreaty, appeal, plea, request, desire, hope, wish, supplication, imploration, petition, invocation, meditation, contemplation, chant, petition… It’s all…

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  • The Ugly Word for 2014

    The Ugly Word for 2014

    Hi SUMers!  So, ahem, yep….. Authentic post and a challenge for the New Year. Yes, you read that right…The New Year.  I PRAY you are set on a new path in the next few weeks…. Join me on Mondays and Fridays until Yom Kippur for we are on the edge of our seat, waiting for…

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  • Chronicles of the Donovan Clan – My Son And The Conference

    Chronicles of the Donovan Clan – My Son And The Conference

    Hello My Friends,  Well, last week was quite the adventure. The conference did not disappoint. I learned a lot about fear. And my friends I think I have a lot to say about that four letter word. ahem….  My son was able to attend two of the four days. Hey, I will take what I…

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  • Is God Good?

    Is God Good?

    My Friends,  I don’t even know where to start. So much has happened in the last seven days that I feel like every morning I wake, God has another “Holy Mind-Blow” in store for this ordinary, 5’4″, blonde girl.  Do you remember back several months ago that I promised breakthrough. Well, boy howdy, I’ve had…

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  • Chronicles of the Donovan Clan

    Chronicles of the Donovan Clan

    The Chronicles of the Donovan Clan began as a continuing story line of my husband’s faith journey as well as my children. As I think back upon some of the outrageous events God has orchestrated in my pre-believer’s life, I giggle and I ponder them in my heart as Mary pondered thoughts of Jesus in…

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  • 2014 A Year of Hope

    2014 A Year of Hope

    Hello My Friends,  Well there is a lot happening around here. On Monday, my son and his family, his wife and daughter, Elise, who is 10 months old will be moving in with us. They are relocating from Las Vegas, NV to start a new life here in California.  This is great news for a…

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  • Chronicles of the Donovan Clan-The Experiment Continues

    Chronicles of the Donovan Clan-The Experiment Continues

    Okay, are you tuning in today to find out what happened with my experiment?  Let me pick up from where I left off on Friday. I returned home from my walk n pray and was very, very nervous. Talking about God, the Bible, or any faith issues for that matter can be an invitation to…

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  • One Crazy But Fantastic Experiment

    One Crazy But Fantastic Experiment

    So’ I’m conducting an experiment.  And it’s one of the boldest experiments I’ve ever participate in. When I reach the conclusion, the result may WILL be so utterly life-altering that I can scarcely think about it now.  Let me share how this experiment started.  A few days ago I was listening to a recent podcast by…

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  • Disappointment Recovery

    Disappointment Recovery

    Good Monday Morning my SUMites!  It’s Sunday afternoon as I write this note to all of you. I just went back and re-read the comments that you left for me last Monday on my post, Devastating Disappointment.  I’m undone.  By your love. Undone by of our shared tears. Humbled to the core for your prayers,…

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  • An Astonished Chronicles of a Humbled Donovan

    An Astonished Chronicles of a Humbled Donovan

    Hi My Friends,  I feel like I’ve been away on a long trip. So much has transpired since my last post where I told you I was about to wash my husband’s feet. My daughter’s graduation was amazing and the kid just makes me smile. She graduated with honors, 444 hours of community service, two…

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  • Chronicles of the Donovan Clan

    Chronicles of the Donovan Clan

    Hi My Friends,  It’s been a long, long time since we have had a Donovan Clan update. And that is likely because I haven’t anything remarkable to report on my husband’s faith journey. But yesterday, the Holy Spirit came near and flooded my mind with a thousand memories of God’s faithfulness to this 5 foot…

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  • It’s a Weird Journey That We Are Traveling

    It’s a Weird Journey That We Are Traveling

    Hi Everyone,  So, it’s kinda weird for me to listen to myself talk on radio.  But it’s even weirder to listen to myself talk on the radio with my husband standing right next to me. Sheesh! But, my guy did listen to the portion of the broadcast where Dennis spoke to him over the airwaves. …

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