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...
Reflections From My Computer-Sabbatical Day
You may remember this post from last week about my plans to begin a computer-sabbatical on Sundays, pushing the Sunday Snippets posts to Mondays. Due to unforeseen circumstances, I was unable to take sermon notes but I did, however, make a few mental notes yesterday afternoon during the sabbatical: Pressure off, peace on. Knowing no emails, Facebook posts, Yahoo updates, or anything else...
Supporting One of Our Own, Marcia Moston
Our Word Weavers group couldn’t be prouder of Marcia Moston! If you missed her book signing today at Fiction Addiction, you missed a delightful time. Balloons, books, friends, fellow writers, and the most remarkable cake you’ve ever laid eyes on. Her book cover, made of edible paper, was propped atop chocolate and vanilla cupcakes. Enough said. It was a blessing to see...
My Friday Fave – Inn the Oven
When the new bakery Inn the Oven opened just across the street from my Weight Watchers meeting place, I knew I’d be calling on some mad self-discipline skills. I called — but no one answered — so Brian and I headed over after dinner last week. He had “the best ice cream ever” and I enjoyed a generous slice of homemade chocolate cake with thick-cooked chocolate...
Why Listening Matters
What are you listening to at this moment? Me? Steady rain pelting the windows Thunder pealing Fingers tapping madly away on a keyboard George Winston’s “The Cries of the Wetland 2” Tires playing in puddles And okay, and the occasional slurping of coffee Notice I chose the word listening instead of hearing, which is the simple the act of perceiving sound by the ear. Unless you’re...
The Melodic Shrill of Steel-On-Steel
Iron sharpens iron. And one man sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17 ESV “I love your sermon notes, Cathy! I’ve been trying to take a computer-sabbatical on Sundays, so these have been great to read on Monday mornings.” Susan Stilwell recently left the above comment for one of my Sunday Snippets posts. As I read it, a faint but divine shrill pierced my conscience. Could God...