Archived – My Favorite Things – RECIPES
Parmesan Roasted Chickpeas - AUGUST 2023 Love these! Great snack and good for you! HERE is the recipe on Pinterest. Cranberry Orange Pecan Gluten Free Muffins - AUGUST 2023 My friend Paula M. sent me this link! This is on my To Be Made...
Archived – My Favorite Things – BOOKS
Crucial Conversations, Third Edition – CURRENT READ – August 2023 by Joseph Genny, Kerry Patterson, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, and Emily Gregory. I am currenlty reading this book on “Tools for Talking When the Stakes are High”. Our four-week sermon series...
Behind the Scenes #3: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back.
In summary, the message I was hearing from God, "YES! But, WAIT!!" My response, "I hate waiting!" The truth is that God's message for me to WAIT has been a saving grace. Over the next two years from Spring 2020 to Spring 2022, my life...
In the Word #3: Best joke of the day – “I am in control.”
A humorous quote that I have heard many times is that "If we want to hear God laugh, we only need to tell Him our plans." We so often think we are in control of our lives. So many of the self-help books and modern day quotes enforce this fallacy...for example: “No one...
Behind the Scenes #2: Affirming the Calling
“Writing…Really? Writing…This can’t be right. Writing…I am not trained for this. Writing…what would I say? Who would listen? Writing…What if I say the wrong thing? Writing…oh, boy!”My mind was filled with doubts and fear. However,...
In the Word #2: “Anger is Fear’s Bodyguard”
A few years ago I read a quote from a book that stated ANGER IS FEAR'S BODYGURAD by Celeste Ng in Little Fires Everywhere. I had never heard this statement before and it stirred something in me. Was this true? Was anger fear's bodyguard? ...
Behind the Scenes #1: Why Did I Start This Ministry?
If you are like me, you may be curious about what led me to start this ministry, how the website was designed, and WHY I picked some of the elements of the site. So this section is to bring you Behind the Scenes to hear part of my spiritual journey and how my...
In the Word #1: The Value of Our Journey
"I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel..." ~ from Paul, Phillipians 1:12 What we have gone through is NOT for nothing. Our story...our journey...our trials have been for a purpose. And that...
Life’s Journey #1: I am Worthy…and so are YOU!
My story like many of your stories has been shaped by joy, pain, love, abuse, great relationships and not-so-great relationships, great choices and not-so-great choices. Like a mountain range, my experiences are varied and filled with highs and lows. But most...