Sugar Cookies In A Fun Bouquet

My sous chef dish-washing mom and I belong to a garden club. By the very nature of “garden” club one might think we are gardeners.  That would be wrong.  We like plants, we have both toyed with growing a flowering plant or two, but gardeners we are not. We do have this little garden close … Read more

Soul Food: God’s Everlasting Love

“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?”  Romans 8:31-32 (ESV) Many people claim this scripture verse as … Read more

Slow Roasted Crock Pot Root Beer Pot Roast

When our friends Kathy and Len came for dinner and a movie at our house they brought with them a six-pack of root beer.  After a fun evening of food, laughter, movie and dessert they left a couple of bottles of remaining root beer.  Those bottles sat in my refrigerator for a while and on … Read more

Soul Food: Love My Enemies

It’s so easy to love beautiful things. It’s easy to call this yellow Iris “lovely”.   But I read in the book of Matthew today that Jesus tells us to love our enemies.  Love the ones who don’t love us.  I find this is much more difficult and actually opposite of my human nature.  As … Read more

Honeyed Sweet Pepper Chicken Breasts

There are so many kazillions of recipes floating around the internet how in the world do we choose which ones to try?  I decided some time ago that I am only going to post the fabulous ones!  The recipe that you’ve JUST GOTTA try.  The recipe that I will make again. This is that recipe!  … Read more

Knowing God

Happy Monday!  It is my prayer that you will find time to spend with God, today and throughout this week.  What a difference it makes in the problems and challenges of this world when whatever we face we can take to the foot of the cross — and we can leave them there. Matthew 11:29-30   … Read more