Love… One Sip At A Time // A Valentine Tea Party
I started hosting tea parties in an older home propped as pretty as you please on the corner of a quiet street. A family of four in a two-bedroom, one-bath home made for a tight fit, and tea parties felt downright snug, but no one would change a thing. Some teas were scripture-based, and others celebrated holidays, but every time, the room filled with the scent of scones, floral tea, and...
What’s New? You, As Well As Others
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Cor. 5:17 These words breathed NEW life into my barren soul as a twice divorced woman of 27. How could this be? How could a woman so fraught with sin and despair become a new creation? As our pastors at Summit Church often say—the Gospel changes everything—and so it does. Even now, all...
What’s NEW? Our Perspective
by Cathy Baker Have you found yourself staring at a blank wall in your home wondering what in the world to do with it? We have several like that, but one wall in particular left us perplexed for ten years. The wall begins at the stairs and stretches to the top of the second floor ceiling. In a hundred year-old house there's always something to keep its owners busy so filling that expansive...
What’s New? How I Deal With Silly Blunders
by Cathy Baker While giving a book review on Twyla Tharp's, The Creative Habit, at this month's writers' meeting, I pronounced creatively as if it was a five syllable word: cre-a-tiv-e-ly. I caught it before it left my tongue but by then it was too late. Let's just say the review quickly morphed into comic relief. I'm still getting emails from group members saying how much they enjoyed it. As...
What’s New? Your One Word
by Cathy Baker So everybody is talking about their ONE word for the year. You know, the one word that sums up your NEW focus for the approaching year. Many have forsaken the New Year resolutions for the One Word movement. At least one book on the subject has been written, multiple blogs have been launched, and it's the buzz on social media these days. Have you chosen your one word...
What’s NEW? Your Future
Remember not the former things...behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43 God wanted the Israelites focused on the NEW work He would do. After all, how could they possibly go forward if they remained stuck in the muck of their past failures and sins? When energy is focused...
NEW Series! The Fragrance of All Things New
by Cathy Baker Welcome to the January series All Things New! Each Tuesday and Thursday, you'll find a pithy post highlighting something new. After all, January is the quintessential month for fresh starts and new beginnings. A turn of the calendar, freshly fallen snow, new habits stomping out old ones. Because I'm a creature of habit (how about you?) I often find myself eating at...
10 Things I Learned in 2014
Image Credit: Blogworld by Cathy Baker Happy New Year's Eve! To close out 2014 in the blogosphere, I decided to share ten things I've learned this year. Hopefully, I learned more than ten (ha!) but it was first come, first serve in the memory bank so here goes (in no particular order): 1. I have two new favorite authors! Actually, it's because of Emily P. Freeman that this post exists...
Simple {Meaningful} Ways to Celebrate CHRISTmas…Christmas Eve.
by Cathy Baker { Day 24 - Christmas Eve } If your schedule allows, attend a Christmas Eve service in your area. Hearing God's Word, singing hymns/carols, lighting candles, and standing shoulder-to-shoulder with other Christ pursuers sets the tone for all Christmas should be: Worship, family, love, and community. Merry Christmas, friends! May you sense God's mighty presence among you and...
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