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Noodles and Rice with Toasted Almonds – Yes, Please

Hey friends! I had family over for lunch after church this past Sunday and I pulled out a dish I haven’t made in a while. I’d forgotten how much I liked it, so I’m sending it around for you to discover. (Okay, okay, so here’s the rest of the story! I also wanted an excuse to send out a HUGE thank you to everyone for responding so enthusiastically about the idea of shorter and more frequent communications. To say that y’all blessed this writer girl’s socks off would be an understatement. I will d...

Choosing our Way Forward

Hey friends, thinking aloud tonight and thought I’d share…Tell me, do you know how a person goes about getting a new word accepted into our common language? Why? Because I’ve coined one recently that sums up everything I believe about the power of gratitude. And because every time I use it Siri autocorrects me, my email composer redlines it, and Word insists I don’t know how to spell. I’ve done with their micro-management. Gravot is a perfectly good word. I’ll tell you about it in Marian Webster...

In Times Like These

Hello friends!

Y’all are never far from my mind these days, and often in my prayers. In the words of an old commercial, it prompts me “to reach out and touch”. Whoever is saying, “What next?” needs to stop! Can I get an amen? The turmoil in our country has continued to boil, and the division seems to be growing wider by the day. Last week we saw a new level of horror when violence found it’s way to Capitol Hill.  

Like you, my gut was clenched as the scene unfolded on my television. Hours later...

Hopelessness Isn’t Your Portion

May I have a word with you, Miss Fearful? Have you never known the peace found in the refuge of God’s Presence that you can’t access it again?And you, dear Mr. Despondent, have you never known His cheer, that you should choose the company of your doldrums instead of turning your mind to His nearness?What say you, Believer All is Lost? Are you suggesting God is indifferent? The scars in His Son’s side and in His hands forever bear a different witness.Maybe your case is different. Maybe you ...

With Deep Respect, 1st Corinthians 13 The Christmas Version

Dear Readers, I penned this for all of us…

First Corinthians 13, Christmas Version


If I play Christmas music in my house all season long but the lyrics never move my heart to worship, the beautiful sounds may as well be clanging cymbals.

If I understand the significance of the Christmas story and commit the second chapter of Luke to memory, but I have not love, I am nothing.

If I drop coins in every red kettle I pass and donate toys to every drive, but have no love, it profits me nothing....

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas friends,

I hope this finds you and yours well. I think of you often and wonder how you are faring in these strange times, so I’m making a quality decision to hit the breaks and catch up with y’all as we head into these final preparation days for Christmas. I have a delicious pie for you! And, of course, I have some Advent thoughts to share before we’re done here. If you know me at all, you’re expecting that. You know I aim to live listening for the Holy, and especially during thi...

Chocolate Chess Pie like Maw Maw Used to Make

My late mother-in-law made a to-die-for Chocolate Chess Pie. I haven’t made it for a few years, but I knew just where the recipe was when I decided to make it this Christmas…or so I thought. It wasn’t there. Shame on me for not having it on the website already. I looked high and low and I even called her daughters. No one had it. I hit a brick wall at every turn. I finally resorted to scouring the web and comparing all the chess pie recipes out there and taking this idea from that one and that i...

An Easy How-to for Dried Orange Garlands

 

 

This was my first time to create Dried Orange Garlands to add to my Christmas decorations, but it wont be my last. The smell is heavenly and Im a longtime fan of bringing natural elements inside. This project was fun. I gathered my components, spent a little time, and voila! Lean in, and Ill show you.

Gather:

4-5 Oranges

Burlap strips for bows

Fishing wire or twine

Greenery

White lights *optional

Cinnamon sticks *optional

 

Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Slice oranges thinly (mine are...

#AlwaysAdventSRT

If ever we needed to celebrate the Light of the World coming into our darkness, it’s Christmas 2020! Right? What’s that? I’m having a hard time hearing you over the amen corner.

I get it! I know people who decked their walls in October and double dog dared anyone to part their lips in judgement. But seriously, we may sense how sorely we need Christmas this year, but the golden truth is we always have. We needed Jesus the night angels heralded his arrival as Immanuel, God with Us, here on planet ...

Why You Should Care About Big Tech Censorship and Media Bias Regardless of Your Party Affiliation

This letter is not addressed to the social revolutionaries behind much of our nation’s unrest. Yes, they’re among us and their motivation isn’t new. It can be found by any number of names throughout the history of civilization. Their goal is to concentrate power so they can rule unchallenged.  They want us to be so fearful of X, Y, or Z that we surrender our personal rights and freedoms in exchange for the promise of peace, protection, and provision.

I’m writing instead to my fellow Americans re...