Celebrating freedom {in Christ}

I trust you had a wonderful 4th of July with friends and family!  We were able to relax briefly today; we also had front-row seats to a grea...

Recording 1000 thanks, and seeing that He cares...

This morning I sat with my newly revamped ' art-prayer-thanksgiving-goal-dream' journal , meditating on God, where He has me in life...

Risking Identity for Christ-like Love

I'm re-reading The Mystery of Marriage as I think through our first year together, looking at how God has worked and how I'd like t...

Finding a Natural Sweetener

While I am working on cultivating my own personal sweetness towards my husband :) our post today is concerning natural sweeteners for cookin...

Who Are 'The Least of These'?

The words gripped me:  "Anything Will Help".  It was scratched in black on a piece of cardboard, held by a thin, dirty woman, who ...

Yam and Split Pea Soup with Tarragon

Here's a recipe on the menu this weekend, that we are all enjoying (Mom is in town) and thought you'd like to see it too!  It is fro...

Confessions of a Book Addict, part 1

Hi, my name is Ruth.  I'm a Book Addict.  I've been addicted to books since age 4, when I started counting red and blue fish with Dr...

Summer Reading

It's finally summer (well, to be fair, it has been summer for almost a week now)...and my favorite way to celebrate the season is to br...