This is what I’d like to be eating for lunch on this cold, cold day. I’m not, but I’d like to be. Add a crisp green veggie salad, and I promise, you’ll be happy.
Spinach, Mushroom and Bacon Quiche
1 (9-inch) pie pastry made from your favorite recipe (or use purchased crust)
1 c. sliced fresh mushrooms
1 Tbsp. [...]

Do you often feel like parched ground, unable to produce anything worthwhile? I do. When I am in need of refreshment, it isn’t easy to think of the needs of others. But I have found that if, instead of praying for my own comfort and satisfaction, I ask the Lord to enable me to give [...]

Yesterday my sons were discussing the movie, “What About Bob?” and Bill Murray. They were speculating as to whether he would make a sequel to one of his movies when one son said, “I doubt it; he’s pretty old now.”
Me: “I think he’s probably younger than me.” (I’m not sure about that. At all.)
Son: “Yeah, [...]

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;
Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessèd Trinity!
Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore Thee,
Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee,
Who was, and is, and evermore shall be.
Holy, holy, holy! [...]

Easy Cheeseburger Braid    (See update below)
Dough: (or use your own recipe, which is what I do)
1 cup warm water
1 Tbsp. cooking oil
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
1 pkg. yeast
3 cups flour
Filling:
1 lb. ground beef
1/2 c. diced onions
1/4 cup ketchup
1/4 c. yellow mustard
1/4 c. dill pickles, finely diced
4 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 c. shredded cheddar [...]

The January 25 Recipe Roundup has a decidedly SuperBowl flavor to it: Snackalicious Super Dishes! Pensieve is hosting the recipe party, including great giveaways! Post your favorite recipes and add them to Pensieve’s Mr. Linky after midnight tonight. Join in; the more the merrier!
My guys love chili, and this recipe is a favorite. Giving the [...]

Just thought you might be interested in seeing exactly who the girls were who dressed chickens in doll clothes and paraded them around in doll prams. My sister Rachel is the sweet little thing holding her Betsy-Wetsy Tiny Tears doll and I’m the one posing as though for a portrait. Notice the trailer in the [...]

I’ve been reading Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost For His Highest every morning for twenty years or so. By now, most of the passages are as familiar as old friends, but they still have a freshness that creates a longing for more of Christ. I love today’s reading:
We all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a [...]

Like many of you, we’re having below normal temperatures and frequent snow storms here in Colorado. The normal average January daytime temperature where we live is 43 degrees; for the last few weeks it’s rarely hit 30. Today’s high was 20 degrees; right now it’s heading below zero. The swing is still covered in snow, [...]

Come, Thou almighty King,
Help us Thy Name to sing, help us to praise!
Father all glorious, o’er all victorious,
Come and reign over us, Ancient of Days!
Come, Thou incarnate Word,
Gird on Thy mighty sword, our prayer attend!
Come, and Thy people bless, and give Thy Word success,
Spirit of holiness, on us descend!
Come, holy Comforter,
Thy sacred witness bear in [...]