Can You Experience Christmas Anew this Year?
A Facebook entry proclaimed 36 days to Christmas. As if in response to that notification, a question from my quiet time reading asked, How can you experience Christmas anew this year? For me, the answer might come through reading the Christmas story in John 1:1-18. Throughout this passage, Jesus is described as the Word, and the life and the light of men. John goes on to say that Jesus describes God. Jesus is the earthly representation of His Father. John 1:18 {Read More}
Quick and Simple Banana Bread
Are you looking for some quick, easy, and inexpensive gift ideas for your neighbors, Sunday School teachers, or guests during the holidays? Earlier in the week I shared Homemade Hot Chocolate gifts and today, banana bread. Both recipes are two, never-fail suggestions that will leave the recipients of the gifts delighted that you thought of them! This is a quick and simple banana bread recipe I found last year on “AllRecipes.com.” I have modified this recipe, by adding strawberries, flax {Read More}
Plan a Silent Night
In December, my husband and I set aside one evening to listen to a recording of Handel’s magnificent Messiah. The twinkling tree lights, blazing fire, and cups of hot chocolate create a cozy atmosphere as we listen to the music and focus on Jesus’ birth. Sometimes my husband and I sing along. Other times we read Scriptures the lyrics are based on. The words in Handel’s Messiah come from both the Old and New Testaments. Since the melody often mimics {Read More}
A Different Kind of Christmas this Year
I love Christmas! If it sparkles or twinkles, I think we need two. You can imagine my inner struggle as my daughter, who has been serving on mission in a third world country, came home frustrated with the excess we live with in America. Through tears she explained the simplicity of living in a hut with no running water or indoor plumbing and walking everywhere. I knew this Christmas would need to be different. Through seeking the Lord I feel like {Read More}
Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix
Are you looking for some quick, easy, and inexpensive gift ideas for your neighbors, Sunday School teachers, or guests during the holidays? Here is the first of two I will be sharing this week. Both are never-fail suggestions that will leave the recipients of the gifts delighted that you thought of them! This recipe came out of my hometown recipe book, The Pickens Cookbook. I can remember my mom making this recipe in bulk and giving it to all the {Read More}
December ~ A Simple Christmas
“The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more attention to the organization than to what they’re organized for.” ~Laura Ingalls Wilder. When I think of a simple Christmas, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s description of childhood in a log cabin comes to mind. Homemade toys, a piece of fruit, hard candy, and Pa reading the Christmas story from the Bible with snow piled high outside. I don’t know what a simple Christmas means. I admit {Read More}
We Thank You God
We Thank You God We thank you, God, for sun and rain And golden grain that trembles in the breeze; For wind and snow and seeds that grow To high and mighty trees. We thank you, God, for a warm embrace, Autumn’s grace that has no counterpart; For dreams and books, a sky that looks Like water-colored art. We thank you, God, for those we love For You above, and ever so much more . . . ~ Anonymous
Mini Chocolate Pecan Pies
There are a few things that make me question my legitimacy as a good Southern girl. I don’t like sweet tea (gasp!). And I don’t like pecan pie. Now I don’t know what to do about the sweet tea but I’ve found a way to make pecan pies not only bearable but absolutely crave-worthy. These mini chocolate pecan pies maximize the buttery, flaky pie crust and the lovely pecan halves with just enough chocolate filling to hold them together! The {Read More}
Turkey Sliders with Brie and Cranberry Chutney
These adorable and delicious turkey sliders are perfect for school or office parties, Friendsgiving, or to reuse Thanksgiving leftovers! The flavors work so well together. The buttery perfection of Brie on a sweet Hawaiian roll with juicy turkey and a delicious cranberry topping–so much flavor in a bite-size sandwich! Oh and the leftover cranberry chutney goes great with cheese and crackers for later snacking. What You’ll Need: for the sliders 1 pkg Hawaiian rolls 12 slices turkey (I used the {Read More}
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