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...
Poetic Pause: A Celebration of DEpendence
Our country celebrates its independence once a year. Christ followers have the privilege of celebrating our DEpendence on Him with every intake of breath. Sweet Desperation Of all the gifts I know our loving Father brings The answered prayers, Protection from all things unseen, The peace within your heart, The small, simplistic things. That cry from deep within your soul Will bring the...
Awaken the Wonder of God Within
Experiencing the wonder of God isn’t about landing a crazy story to tell our friends or experiencing pimply goose bumps. The wonder awakens us to dive even deeper in our relationship with God. – Margaret Feinberg, Wonderstruck, Awaken to the Nearness of God In preparing to facilitate Wonderstruck next week, I consider Revelation 2:4 ESV: But I have this against...
Dreaming of a Tiny Tumbleweed
Tiny houses. I had a fondness for them before I even knew what they were⏤or should I say, what they would become. Growing up, my family owned a few acres in the mountains. Atop mega tree trunks a tiny tree house was built—complete with bunk beds, windows, and stairs with a rail. I didn’t realize it then, but those childhood weekends in our tiny cabin on stilts would become the...
Poetic Pause: Mountain Mornings
(View from back deck @ The Blackberry Cottage, Saluda NC) Mountain air snaps all creative senses to attention. What place or space serves as your catalyst for...
Our Soul Whisperer
Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10a Be still: Stems from the verb rapha. It could be translated as, “cause yourselves to let go.” Learning to say no is part of the outward equation but this term takes stillness to a deeper, more meaningful level. Be still speaks of a quietness that resides within as a result of knowing who God is: I will be exalted among the...
Fireflies & Moon Pies: Linky Love
[Temporary graphic – hubby is working on another one!] Here’s showing some Linky Love in celebration of summer, which officially begins today! Enjoy… Traveling this summer? Literary Tourist: Search by state for literary destinations: Bookstores, Book Fairs, Writers Festivals, Literary Hotels and Cafes, Writers Workshops, Film Festivals, etc. Children home? New summer...