Recently, the daughter of my best friend (who is now with Jesus), had her first baby (whom I claim as my grand-niece). They named her Poema Joy. Poema is a derrivative of the Greek Word Poiema meaning “created work”. Scholars say a more accurate translation would be “expertly or artfully crafted work”. It’s the same… Continue Reading
My eldest son turned sixteen yesterday. For dinner he requested one of his favorite breakfast meals: Mama’s Sticky Biscuits. My version of these is similar to monkey bread… only individual sizes! Mama’s Sticky Biscuits 1/2 cup (real) butter; melted 1/2 cup brown sugar 4T Corn Syrup (I use the light) 4T Sugar 2tsp Cinnamon 2… Continue Reading
The plans of the diligent lead to wealth as surely as haste leads to poverty. Proverbs 21:5 Wondering what the picture has to do with the verse? Well…we are working hard to be wise with our money and our spending. One of the ways we are doing this is by using coupons and being diligent… Continue Reading
What does your home say about you? When someone walks in your front door and looks around what do they see? Today, come on over to The Homemakers Challenge and join me as I talk about Home Reflections! And don’t forget to come back tomorrow to link up and join in the Koinonia Community. Linking… Continue Reading
I love ice cream. But, ice cream… does NOT love me. I don’t know why, but the older I’ve gotten the less I can tolerate certain dairy products, ice cream in particular. Which is why I was so excited last night as we happened by the ice cream section to discover Coconut Milk Ice Cream…. Continue Reading
“Hospitality is becoming an almost forgotten Christian virtue in our style of life today… In the New Testament, however, hospitality was a distinctive mark of Christians and Christian communities.” ~Alexander Strauch For most folks, life is busy. Just plain busy. Sometimes it seems we don’t have time to stop and even catch our breath. But… Continue Reading
