Submitted by: Kelly As a young, unmarried adult, I was transported into the mysteries of God come to earth in a church illuminated by candlelight and filled with the worship of those around me. The experience was so moving I often found myself worshiping silently, though passionately from my heart, yet words and song escaped [...]
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Christmas Traditions: Fun Christmas Boxers
Submitted by: Rose We have all the regular traditions, gingerbread house, stockings, and such. One we have a good time with is fun Christmas boxers. I watch for them throughout the year to be sure I find just the right one for each person. They say silly things like the year I got some in [...]
Remembering (via Overcoming Trauma)
Today is about savoring life … For some, trauma isn’t the result of a single event, but instead a pattern of life without a single day to reflect or grieve. For us, a window of just minutes encapsulates the traumatic and horrific shooting at our church. December 9th is certainly not the only day we [...]
Christmas Traditions: Jammies Under The Tree
Submitted by: Monica Bryant One of our favorite Christmas traditions is new jammies for Christmas! Every year since my oldest daughter was a baby, I have made Christmas pajamas for my girls. I choose fabric that is relevant to their year i.e. ballet print when they got their pointe shoes, teddy bears when they loved [...]
Christmas Traditions: Christmas Wreath
Submitted by: Rachel (24) My dad’s mother loved to work in her kitchen. She was known for her recipes around the holidays. She made tons of different Christmas cookies for friends, but saved her Christmas Wreath for her family on Christmas day. She passed away five years ago after battling Alzheimer’s for five years before that. [...]
Christmas Traditions: Advent Log
Submitted by: Donna Lorrig The Advent Log is by far our family’s favorite Christmas tradition. Over 20 years ago the pastors of our church invited us over for their Advent Log time and gave us our log. This is simply a log from wherever you can find one with 1/2 holes drilled along the top [...]
Soul Food
Offered by Pati Micciulla: Guest Author, Friend and Cooking Buddy My neighbor, Judy and I cook together once a month. Sometimes just the two of us. Other times, close friends like Donna joins in. We have had as many as four women cooking meals for our individual families. Four women times fourteen meals times twenty [...]
Savoring Thanksgiving
Hands clasped around the table; heads bowed for blessing, Family, friends, neighbors, and the like, Young and not-so-young trade glances and warm hugs. Thoughts linger over those afar and those gone-on, The holiday, an excuse to ruminate on deeper things, It’s the people in our lives that stir these emotions. Gathering around the food we [...]
Repost: The Primary Issue
For those who follow this blog and were wondering why you are only seeing recipes posted as of late, I decided to start a new blog for my political, personal, and random musings. It’s a way for me to be a little more organized. So if you’d like, you can subscribe to The Stuff of [...]
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