Prayers Blog Posts
Any Chowder
Chowder is one of the best ways to use what’s on hand to make a heart-warming meal in 30 minutes for those unexpected drop-in guests or just for you!
Living in Occasional Certainty
I can’t live in certainty everyday. Vowed relationships implode, careers crater, fussy families fray, climates crack, butterflies are banished, and pandemics plunder our caged souls.
Christmas, The Birth of Sacrificial Love
The Christmas story celebrates the birth of sacrificial love. Nevertheless, as celebrants, we tend to contaminate the purity of this season with unattainable expectations, expectations of: peaceful family gatherings, magazine worthy decor, “Bon Appetite” type food fare, and happy, grateful, tantrum-free children.
Fresh Blueberry Buckle Coffee Cake
Are you having company for Christmas morning brunch? Here’s a family favorite I borrowed from one of my sisters.
Mary, Full of Dismay and Fear, Mother of our Lord
I’ve been thinking about Mary, the mother of Jesus lately during this Advent season.
Old Fashioned Peanut Clusters
We’re invited to a Christmas party “sweet exchange” and are asked to bring two dozen sweets, one dozen to taste, and the other dozen to share for take-home! I was searching in my recipe cards for a family favorite and came upon my mother-in-law’s recipe for Crockpot Peanut Clusters. Yum!
Advent, One Step at a Time
My faith family is starting on our Christmas Advent journey. We are in transition from our daily routines, looking forward together to Jesus’ birthday.
Greens and Sausage Cream Soup, Olive Garden Knock-off
A Texas cold front blows in. The temperatures drop up to 40 degrees in one day. The local grocery stores run out of chili fixings. What’s a girl to do?
He Touched Me
All the Jingle Bell and Joy to the World advertisements shout that I’m supposed to be joyful this season, yet I find my idealistic heart grieving for losses, especially losses of family members, whether they’ve passed on or are just lost to me on this earth.
The Dance of Fall
After a Monday fall cool-down shower, I’m watching the dance of amber leaves and sun-kissed butterflies.