An A-to-Z Guide for Lent

A      Acknowledge your desperate need for a Savior. “Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned” (Romans 5:12). B      Be brokenhearted over your sin. “For I know my...

Prosciutto Wrapped Cheesy Broccoli Stuffed Chicken

I always have chicken in my fridge or freezer, but finding new ways to make a quick chicken dinner can be a challenge. However, if I can get a complete meal done using only one pan, that chicken challenge is one I welcome with open arms.  This dish has it all—meat,...

25 Days of Christmas Kindness

It’s our 6th year of Advent Acts of Kindness: Six years of doing one kind act each day from December 1-25. Six years of brainstorming ideas and asking others for theirs; six years of planning and plotting that culminates in December. Six years of feeling the joy...

Around the Table

  November starts the season of family gatherings, holiday parties, and sometimes a cookie exchange or two.  For me, this time of year has always been a little stressful. You see, I want a Good Housekeeping kind of table setting, but I don’t have a decorator’s...

The Thirteenth Man

The last lamp lit, they sat together for the meal. Twelve men gathered together in a guest room. A table had been prepared, customary for this day. The men looked at each other. Their lives had been less than ordinary. They had seen and lived what they could only...

It’s Not About Me

One night as I was lying in bed, my 5-year-old nose picked up one of my favorite smells. As I entangled my fingers in my blankie, I realized that my parents had not only sent me to bed much too early but had also decided to make my very favorite treat without me! I...