This picture reminds me of a song I use to teach to kindergarten children, You may remember it. Five...
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Thanksgiving is not my favorite holiday. For one thing, it’s become so commercial, with its orange plastic turkeys and...
This is a perfect and easy soup for fall and winter. If you are worried about left-overs, just cool...
“Just be yourself. Everyone else is taken!” Oscar Wilde In this day and age where we all have to...
I come from a long line of “believers” (in Jesus Christ), and for all of those people who shared...
Autumn surprises us with glorious, amazing sunsets. God has given us the pleasure of seeing these beautiful sunsets with...
“…lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white unto harvest…” John 4:35 KJV I’m...
“Writing is a form of therapy: sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint...
These are a great fall cookie, especially if you do not want to overload on the pumpkin before Thanksgiving....
Genesis 8:22 (Revised Standard) While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and...
These cookies are perfect for the start of fall. Not too much work in the kitchen but a nice...
“Look, the trees are turning,” she said, glancing out the picture window toward the New Hampshire woods, and everything...
My faith journey began on Great Grandmother’s farm in the Hemet Valley of southern California. The Valley lay at...
By Sophy Burnham ——–While working in the garden, I began to muse on how humans are the only animals...
“And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole...
God gives us time to reminisce and enjoy the simple things in life. He wants us to share our...
Summertime, and the living is easy. Our cultural memories are rich with summertime: the slap of a screen door...
I normally write my own posts each month on FaithShapes, but this month I’m turning my space over to...
There is a saying in the 12-step Alcoholic Anonymous program that “You will not regret the past, nor wish...
One day I was trying to make easy smoothies for my nieces and nephew when I found some frozen...
Psalm 100: 1-2 (King James) Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord...
If you get lost in life, put your ear to the ground and listen to its pounding heart. ...
Maundy Thursday: The word “Maundy” comes to us as an Anglo-French word derived from the Latin “mandatum,” which means...
Mark 14: 32 (NIV) They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here...
I can recall hearing my grandmother say that sometimes before a social event or having guests in her home,...
The month of March is said to come in like a lion and out like a lamb, and as...
1 onion, chopped 1 T. butter 3 (14 oz. cans) chicken broth 1 (32 oz.) frozen hash browns...
St. Patrick’s Day is a day of Irish glee! Parades, everything green is worn, time for drinking green beer,...
A couple of nights ago I had this interesting dream of a couple of hanging pots with beautiful clover...
When St. Patrick came back to Ireland as an ordained priest to convert the Irish, he used the local...
These cookies have extra peanut butter with the chips added in with the nuts. Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups flour...
“It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to...
Psalm 150: 3-6 (NIV) Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre,...
In dark December, when everyone was talking about harking to angels, and the birth of the Baby and the...
In honor of Valentine’s Day, I have gone with a quick and easy chocolate dessert that will look really...
We are already well into a new year; in fact, I’m posting this on January 25th, and that means...
These are a great quick cookie that can be kept in the freezer before you bake them off for...
Not long ago a Canadian wrote me about a mysterious encounter he’d had with a homeless man, Helmut, who...
Ingredients: 1 Cup of sugar 1/4 Cup flour 1/8 tsp. nutmeg 1/2 Cup butter (1 stick) 1 recipe for...
Winter comes with gloomy, cold, rainy, snowy days. A fireplace for centuries was used to provide heat and cook...
Music is a beloved part of the Christmas season. From the Messiah’s Hallelujah” chorus to Burl Ives singing “A...
Our precious cat, Miss Ellie, passed last week just 3 months shy of her 20th birthday…yes, I said “20th”!!! ...
This is the season for harkening to angel songs, believing—even joyfully—the warmth, comfort, healing and optimism offered by the...
The holiday season is the perfect time for gingerbread. This cake is wonderful for parties or the family Christmas...
It is Thanksgiving week, and I am late with offering my few words before the T-Day feast of gladness...
Topaz is a transparent stone that can reflect a variety of colors, including blue, yellow, red, and brown. The...