by Cathy Baker | Faith |
Taking a cue from today’s post over at The Budget Maven, I thought I’d give this a try.
This past weekend:
- Skipped over to Barnes & Noble on Friday date night to pick up the latest issue of this favorite magazine and a new picture book for Piper.
- Caught two American Masters episodes, featuring Louisa May Alcott and Harper Lee. Informative and inspiring! It’s been years since I’ve read To Kill A Mockingbird but thanks to the documentary, I plan to read it again very soon.
- “Worked” on plans for our study introduction next Tuesday night. The Lord sparked an idea that I cannot wait to experience with the other ladies.
- Began filling my bowl after a stirring presentation on Sunday from the ministry Rice Bowls, which helps to feed orphaned children around the globe. You simply fill up the plastic “bank” and return it to the church in exchange for another empty one. Our monetary change brings transforming changes to these little boys and girls. Read more about this amazing ministry here.
Right now:
- Like Allison, we’re also gathering goods for a possible yard sale this weekend.
- Working on new writing goals. I have a head start on September!
- Fixing a smoothie, ignoring the frappe.
- Starting to journal my prayers again. I’d taken a break…but it’s good to be back on track.
- Praying for the Christian Communicators Conference taking place this week at The Cove—especially for Vonda, Carolyn, Latan, and all those attending.
- Thanking the Lord for YOU. I appreciate your taking time from a busy start-of-the- week to read this post. God bless you!
by Cathy Baker | Faith |
Photo courtesy of Chasing Blue Skies
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My favorite
MommyCoddle posting: Moleskine + Washi Tape
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(August 23 post)
by Cathy Baker | Faith |
(Owners of B Encouraged Ministry Home)
It’s a blessing to have sufficient room for a Bible study. And it’s one, quite frankly, I took for granted until a few weeks ago.
With a record number of women signed up for our Abide in Christ study, we had doubts that we’d fit in our current location, the beautiful B Encouraged Ministry House in downtown Simpsonville. After all, there were 28 women in the last study and the space was tight.
We considered meeting elsewhere, resigning ourselves to the fact we had no other choice. That is, until I stopped by for a trial run yesterday. Becka, one of their amazing staffers, suggested a different place for Becky and I to stand while leading the study. Yes, it will still be a little “cozy”, as realtors say, but we think will work just fine.
New ideas and fresh blessings emerge when we include others in our decisions. Thank you, Becka!
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Also, I’m delighted to be guest blogging at Allison Martin’s The Budget Maven today. I’d love for you to hop over for a quick visit. There, you’ll also find my poem Soft Clover, which won third place at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writer’s Conference in 2011.
by Cathy Baker | Faith |
Today I was nominated for the Liebster Blog Award by Allison over at
The Budget Maven!
The Liebster Blog Award is given to bloggers by bloggers. It’s a way to acknowledge each other and say “you’re doing a great job”. It is for blogs with 200 or less followers, so it’s also a nice way to spread the word about smaller blogs and get them more readers and followers!
When you receive the award, you post 11 random facts about yourself and answer 11 questions from the person(s) who nominated you. You pass the Award onto 11 other blogs (make sure you tell them you nominated them!) and ask them 11 questions. You’re not allowed to nominate the blog(s) who nominated you! (To get the button, right click the picture on my page and save the picture to your computer. You can then upload to your blog.)
11 Random Facts:
- I’m married to a bluegrass musician (and a darn good one at that!)
- I’m a germ freak. My hands may be chapped but I can’t remember the last time I caught a cold!
- I’m a closet NASCAR fan. Yes, NASCAR. The love-fest began in 2001 at Daytona. It just happened to be the first race I’d watched in years (my mom dated a NASCAR driver for many of my teen years). When I watched Dale Earnhardt Sr. hit the wall and not emerge from his car, I was emotionally hooked.
- Autumn is my favorite season. I’m convinced heaven will be fall-like for an eternity!
- I feed my spoiled Lhasa Apso by hand. Did I just admit that?
- I would like to write a children’s book.
- I collect vintage chenille bedspreads.
- I’m not partial. I have one of the cutest granddaughters God ever created.
- I have a weakness for McDonald’s Chocolate Chip Frappe’s. Can anyone say 18 Weight Watchers points? Ouch!
- I watched the 1995 version of Pride and Prejudice (with Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy) so many times that my DVD began to flicker—so I invested in a new one. 🙂
- The study of The Tabernacle was a turning point in my Christian walk. Forget the idiom “the devil is in the details” — it’s our awesome God who is interested in every minute detail of our lives. Thank You, Lord!
Allison’s Questions for me:
1.What is your least favorite color?
Blue
2. What smell makes you the happiest?
Crisp leaves in Autumn
3. What’s one thing from your bucket list that you’ve yet to do?
Make a bucket list.
4. Who would win in a fight between a hard shell taco and a grilled cheese sandwich?
Hard shell taco, hands down. Unless we’re at Mike’s on Main Street in Hendersonville NC. Their grilled cheese with a cold root beer is yummy. I’d best stop now or I may have to change my answer to #2.
5. What’s your favorite dessert?
Birthday cake. White cake and buttercream white icing. Sweet mercy!
6. If you could trade wardrobes with a celebrity, whose closet would you raid?
Sienna Miller’s – love her style!
7. What overused expression really gets on your nerves?
“politically correct”
8. Vintage or Modern?
Vintage
9. Coke or Pepsi?
Coke…it’s classic.
10. If you had to change your name, what would you change it to?
Aubree Sophia Baker (where did that come from?)
11. If someone gave you a check for a million dollars, how would spend it?
Truly,
I would give a generous check to Summit (my awesome church!) and other
Kingdom causes. Then I’d build a cabin in the mountains where my
family could vacation together (and we could live full-time!)
Here are my nominations for the Liebster Award:
4. Julie at Anti-Writing
My Eleven Questions for Nominees:
1. Would you rather see a movie at the theater or at home on DVD? Why?
2. If someone wrote a book about your life, what would they title it?
3. Who’s your favorite singer or band?
4. If you had to choose a favorite book of the Bible, what would it be and why?
5. Fiction or non-fiction? Why?
6. How would you spend a million dollars?
7. Walmart or Target?
8. Do you parallel park or drive around the block?
9. What’s your favorite cookie?
10. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
11. What recent blessing from the Lord would you like to share?
A BIG thanks to Allison at
Budget Maven for this opportunity to share and to help other blogs get noticed.
by Cathy Baker | Faith |
I’m delighted to be guest posting over at Jamie Britt’s blog Encouraging Women today! Click here if you’d like to join the party. 🙂
You are sure to find Jamie as inspiring as everyone else who crosses her path. She may be physically blind but God has blessed her with the beautiful ability to see spiritual truths sparkling clear. It is an honor to know her and to call her my friend.
Thanks for stopping by Jamie’s blog today!
**Summit Church is taking a three week break from our normal teaching schedule. Sunday Snippets will return in September.
