By Sherma-Jacqueline Felix I know that “Jesus is the reason for the season” and that we ought to say “Merry Christmas” rather than “Happy Holidays” and all the other cliches that some of us Christians tend to get so hung up about during this time of…
I gave an entire afternoon and evening to baking in preparation for our Thanksgiving festivities last week. After thumbing through a favorite cookbook and a glossy holiday magazine, I set my sights on making four chocolate pies in the variety…
By Bonnie Fair The turkey hasn’t thawed. Yep, that giant, heavy pounded, headless, completely frozen piece of poultry still sits cold, chilled to the bone. I grow cold right along with it. It should have been thawed and ready. To…
By Sherma-Jacqueline Felix I’m quite sure you’ve all seen the Facebook posts of the people who are thankful for things that happened this year. I’ve never really taken part in it. Yet year after year, when I see it pop up…
To remember my childhood is to remember church and family. Those two facets of life were intertwined ~ a natural result of two grandfathers who pastored churches and a father who was called into ministry at a young age. I’ve…