it's so nice to meet you
I’m Jane Johnson, and I’m so glad you stopped by. This little writing haven began very quietly in the summer of 2013. There was no pomp and circumstance with its launch. No special design. No custom fonts. My first post was written eight months after my best friend died from stage four colon cancer, and just over seven years into our wait for a family (I never liked the word infertility - I preferred to call it delayed fertility.) I needed a public writing outlet. A purpose to the pain. An understanding that someone out there would read my words and they would resonate, to know that I wasn’t alone in my grief.
A year later, we left Central Oregon behind, checking five suitcases onto a one-way flight to Maui. I needed to breathe, and heal, and pack up the heavy winter clothes and the proverbial grief-heaviness (and my sweet husband indulged me). Two years after that, we found out about our tiny miracle babe on the ten-year anniversary of the month we began trying for him. These writings are excerpts from my prayer journals.
I am a wife, twin, miracle-mama, and former Maui-dweller.
In my past life, I was a children’s photographer and graphic designer.
I have been married to an overly handsome man for nearly two decades.
My Soul-Prayer: to leave a powerfullegacy of written manifold mercy for
the generations to follow
My Soul-Prayer: to leave apowerful legacy of written
manifold mercy for the
generations to follow
A few random things about me to kick-start any conversation.
My Guilty Pleasurethe Volcano candle from AnthropologieNecessary Indulgencewhistle (seriously, my lips are incapable)I Don't Know How ToI once photographed a Zac Brown Band weddingMy Claim to FameI get the hiccups if I laugh too hardA Silly Little Quirkdouble espressos with a splash of hazlenut creamerI'm Daily Fueled On
in TuscanySomeday I
Want Tosalted pretzel Milano cookies
(can’t stop won’t stop)
My Guilty
Pleasurethe Volcano candle
from AnthropologieNecessary
Indulgencewhistle (seriously, my
lips are incapable)I Don't Know
How ToI once photographed a
Zac Brown Band weddingMy Claim
to FameI get the hiccups if
I laugh too hardA Silly
Little Quirkdouble espressos with a
splash of hazlenut creamerI'm Daily
Fueled On
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Listen, we are told all 👏 the 👏 time 👏 that we need to know God’s Word. But nobody ever tells us HOW to do that, how to experience it and dig into it and see for ourselves that it truly is as living and active as everyone says.
This is where to start. This is your morning strategy. I’ve used it for nearly two decades and won’t ever quit. Because in order to KNOW God’s Word, you HAVE to have a strategy to get you there.
Need a devotional-free reading plan to cut out the noise? Comment “plan” and I’ll send you the link to download my favorite undated version to get you going!
Also, I break down ALL of the ins and outs of this strategy from beginning to end in the School of Scripture, and we are now enrolling for the spring cohort. Hop onto digmwell.com/sos for all the info (but hurry! Doors close on Thursday 5/15!)
I saw an online interaction recently about someone breaking down what a particular Hebrew word means. A follower commented, “This is amazing! How can I do this, too?”
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“Learn biblical Greek and Hebrew or follow a pastor who does,” the original poster replied.
*insert record-screech here*
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Guys, you DON’T have to be fluent in biblical languages to know what the Bible is actually saying. You just have to look at the word definitions.
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In case nobody has shown you how to do that, the free @blueletterbible app makes it super simple:
1. Search for the verse.
2. Tap on it.
3. Hit “Interlinear/Concordance”
4. Hit the Strong’s Number of the word you’d like to know more about.
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Rinse and repeat.
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Easy peasy 🍋 (you know the rest)
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Want to know even more? Head over to digmywell.com/sos. I’ll teach you everrrrything I know so you can learn to study the Bible the way the Bible teachers do.
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