I just love granola, and I love giving it as a gift even more. It’s fairly healthy, and always yummy. Kayla and I are the biggest granola eaters in our house ~ and usually on yogurt. To make it gluten free, we just are sure to buy specified gluten free oats ~ like Bob’s Red… Read More Gluten Free Cranberry Almond Granola
Actually, it was a night in the mall, but even THAT is a rare occurrence for these special ladies ~ all of whom are either married to a pastor, or are on staff at one of our church planting network churches. They are an incredible group, and I wanted to make sure they knew it!… Read More Ministry Mamas Night on the Town
Quite different from the recent Saturday afternoon football fests that have been going on around here, eleven little girls showed up at our house this Saturday for Kayla’s 5th annual Christmas tea party. That’s right ~ 5th annual! We got out all of the old invitations to see just how long we’ve been having this… Read More A Tea Party ~ Minus the Tea
Well, actually we really don’t TRY to do that, but this season seems to bring a lot of days like this. Honestly, the season of raising children seems to bring a lot of days like this, and I’d be lying if I said that I never dream about the end of that season. (If there… Read More Because We Like To Pack It All In To 12 hrs….
A generous gift from a friend far away… A followed through with thought: “You were on my mind today.” A call from a friend to ask how to pray… Grace, tea, and lemon squares beautifully served on a tray. Thank you, Lord…and thank you D, C, B, and K.
Advent: Behold, the Lord, the Ruler is come. Before you are fooled into believing that I have actually learned Latin well enough to come up with that phrase, let me tell you that it actually comes from a church year/liturgical reading from the time of the Epiphany. Epiphany means “manifestation” and is usually associated with… Read More Adventus: Ecce advenit Dominator Dominus
I’ve been meaning to post this recipe for a while now but just haven’t, and so a Facebook message from my sweet friend Lois this week was just the nudge I needed. She said she was craving them and wanted to try making them herself. (She eats gluten free, too!) I have made them for… Read More Gluten Free Friday ~ “Bran” Muffins
…I shall lift up the cup of salvation…. and offer a sacrifice of Thanksgiving. (Ps. 116) I kept thinking about these verses all last week as we prepared for Thanksgiving. First, we had a church-wide Thanksgiving meal headed up by chefs and hostesses extraordinaire ~ Felicia and Zeena. Surely more than 100 people stayed after… Read More For All of His Benefits to Me…
We had been praying for a dog, and then six and a half years ago you were given to us as a gift ~ an answered prayer ~ because the pet store didn’t want a dog that kept eating rocks and needing to go to the vet ~ and the vet clinic worker couldn’t handle… Read More We Will Miss You, Buddy
Send some rain, would You send some rain? ‘Cause the earth is dry and needs to drink again And the sun is high and we are sinking in the shade Would You send a cloud, thunder long and loud? Let the sky grow black and send some mercy down Surely You can see that we… Read More Gratitude ~ A Favorite Thanksgiving Song