Articles by Janet Hart Leonard

Of feathers & bracelets

The pain you carry today may someday lighten the hurt that someone feels in the future. My friend Corinne Gunter and I wear bracelets that say, “I can do hard…

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About that white towel

A simple white towel … crumpled and laying on my Bible. I sat there looking at it. I’m not sure what I expected to happen. I just had to do…


When my prayers chase squirrels

By JANET HART LEONARD From the Hart Dear God, I pray that you give focus to my heart, and direction to my mind, while keeping the distractions of the day…


When faith gets messy

By JANET HART LEONARD From the Hart Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5 NLT  “Father God, I’m trying to…



Honoring Mrs. Jane McFarland

By JANET HART LEONARD From the Hart On Thursday night, Sept. 29, Heaven heard the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah. Tucked in the basement choir room at the Noblesville First…


The superpowers of an apron

By JANET HART LEONARD From the Hart It has been said that it takes a village to raise a child. I’m not sure about that, but I will tell you…


The words we speak

By JANET HART LEONARD From the Hart The words we speak become the house we live in. – Hafiz Those words, written by Persian poet Hafiz, have made their way…


Just another Janet adventure

By JANET HART LEONARD From the Hart “Remember the Titanic” was my first thought. My second thought was, “This might not end well.” I had just set sail in my…


Every plot has a story

By JANET HART LEONARD From the Hart Have you ever walked through a cemetery and thought about the stories that lie in the plots of the gravesites? My childhood –…