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...
The Fragrance of Love: Family
by Cathy Baker Families are like fudge… mostly sweet with a few nuts. Author Unknown I LOVE my family. No naming names here Uncle Jim but I find this quote to be quite true, at least in my family—and I wouldn’t want it any other way. My dad’s mom (Ma-Ma) was a master-maker of that particular type of chocolate concoction, offering up a butter-like consistency with an...
What’s New? Our February Series!
Beginning Monday, February 2nd, we’ll explore all things pertaining to love. Every weekday I’ll share a snippet of something I love in hopes of stirring a spirit of gratefulness, especially for the little things within us both. On Wednesdays, the focus shifts to the extravagant love of our heavenly Father, the One True Love. So, why the topic of love five days a week...
What’s New? Silencing the Cannot’s
by Cathy Baker “If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” -Vincent van Gogh Granted, Vincent probably didn’t have paint-by-number kits in mind when he said this, but I sure did. The last time I matched colors with a number I wore pigtails and Gilbert O’ Sullivan’s Alone Again...
What’s NEW? A Book Giveaway!
by Cathy Baker Today, I’d like to introduce you to my friend, Lori Roeleveld. She’s incredibly talented, downright inspiring, and a witty disturber of Hobbits. Lori’s NEW book, Running from a Crazy Man (and Other Adventures Traveling with Jesus) was released in December 2014. Frankly, it’s unlike any book I’ve read. Brief essays, if you will,...
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...