Thoughts on a Friday

The difference between shallow happiness and a deep, sustaining joy is sorrow.  Happiness lives where sorrow is not.  When sorrow arrives, happiness dies.  It can’t stand pain.  Joy, on the other hand, rises from sorrow and therefore can withstand all grief.  Joy, by the grace of God, is the transfiguration of suffering into endurance, and…

Thankful

Thankful: for safe travels for breakfast with my sisters that I caught the bottle of olive oil before it smashed on the kitchen floor for Valentine’s Day guests to live in a place where I can watch a woman practice tap steps while waiting at the cross-walk catch a glimpse of a guy walking down…

Mom’s birthday scones

So, the curries will have to wait for awhile.  My mom’s birthday was last week, and I whipped up some surprise scones for her ahead of time.  I started with my basic Breakfast Scones recipe and added some almond extract, orange peel, and dried cranberries.  And since I love my mom and it’s right around…

Ash Wednesday and What’s Wrong with the World

An old post re-worked a bit and re-posted… According to the Book of Common Prayer: The first Christians observed with great devotion the days of our Lord’s passion and resurrection, and it became the custom of the Church to prepare for them by a season of penitence and fasting. …the whole congregation was put in…

Triple chocolate brownies

So, these brownies started out as Joy‘s reduced-fat, chewy brownies.  My version has a little more fat (due to using whole eggs rather than only egg whites and the addition of chocolate chips), but it also has 1/4 cup less sugar, so I think these are practically a health food.  Chocolate’s good for you, right? …

Thoughts on a Friday

As we approach Lent, thoughts on suffering and hope… Jesus was not in the least bit confident that he would be spared suffering.  What he was confident of was vindication.  Our hope, our acceptance of the invitation to the banquet, is not based on the idea that we are going to be free of pain…

Grateful for…

functioning turn signals snow! wispy white mare’s tails in a bright blue sky the goodness of God unexpected news from friends fellowship, even with grief icicles fringing eaves brothers challenges Agh!  It’s been hard lately to live life and find time to write about it.  There’s been lots of cooking going on, though, so more…