Archive for May, 2008

May Recipe Roundup: International Recipes

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

This month’s Roundup is on Thursday the 15th, and hosted by Ann at Whatever Things… Check out the other recipes linked there and you might get to be the winner of her GIVEAWAY!
The folks in Colorado are known for their love of bison and beef, so it seems appropriate to post these recipes, which were [...]

My new blog: Welcome to our Table

Monday, May 12th, 2008

For several years, I cooked meals for the guests who came to our counseling retreat. I handed out recipes left and right and finally put together a little cookbook that we used as a fund raiser for the ministry. That sold out and at long last I’ve put many of the recipes on a new [...]

Wise Words

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Contentment involves putting the best possible interpretation on God’s dealings with you. ~Lou Priolo
ht: Radical Womanhood

Love Consecrates the Humblest Act

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Love consecrates the humblest act
And haloes mercy’s deeds;
It sheds a benediction sweet
And hallows human needs.
When in the shadow of the cross
Christ knelt and washed the feet
Of His disciples He gave us
A sign of love complete.
Love serves and willing stoops to serve;
What Christ in love so true
Has freely done for one and all,
Let us now gladly [...]

Jumping on the meme bandwagon

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Isn’t it nice when an interesting meme comes up to give us something to post when we’re running dry? I’ve read Lisa’s and Kim’s and Kim’s, and I’m jumping in. Here’s the “one word meme.”
1. Your cell phone​?​ .​.​.​.​.​. needed
2. Your signi​fican​t other​?​.​.​.​.​. husband
3. Your hair?​ .​.​.​.​.​.​. gray
4. Your mothe​r?​ .​.​.​. heaven
5. Your fathe​r?​.​.​.​.​.​.​.​ [...]

from Spurgeon…

Friday, May 9th, 2008

The marvelous incarnation of God in heaven, with all the amazing condescension and humiliation that attended it, is ours. The bloody sweat, the scourge, the cross are ours forever. Whatever blissful consequences flow from perfect obedience, finished atonement, resurrection, ascension, or intercession, all are ours by His own gift. Upon His breastplate He is now [...]

Need a little something with your coffee?

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

This recipe is easier than you could imagine, and it’s quick enough to whip up when a friend drops by for coffee or tea. What could be better on a chilly, rainy Spring day?
Raisin-Applesauce Snack Cake
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup unbleached flour (or you could just use 2 cups unbleached)
1 cup sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
1 [...]

Calling all Cooks!

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

The next Recipe Round Up date is May 15, and it’s being hosted by Ann from Whatever Things…. Her chosen theme is Recipes Around the World. Sounds great, doesn’t it? She’s calling for “recipes unique either to the part of the world or country you live or where you’re from originally.”
Ann is adding excitement [...]

5 O’Clock Tea

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. ~Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
My new header is a painting by Mary Cassatt, titled 5 O’clock Tea.

Sunday Hymn: Blessed Assurance

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Blessèd assurance, Jesus is mine!
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.
Refrain:
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long.
Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now [...]