I was talking to my sister the other day before I posted the cinnamon roll recipe, and we were laughing about the desire we both have to develop our own “best” recipes. Basically, if I want to make cookies, I want to know exactly what they will be like when I start. I want to […]

Being out of town is most always refreshing. It’s great to see the familiar faces of folks who used to live in Moscow, as well as our friends who never lived in Moscow. We’ve been in Cary for a couple of days and it has been a blessing.
In fact, one of the ladies attending the […]

There really isn’t much more to say about these. They really are as good as they look. I am a big cinnamon roll fan, and always have been, even after fainting in the bathroom in 5th grade because that was all I had eaten for breakfast. But, through the years I have had […]

Years ago while I was trudging along the sidewalk in crummy weather (melted snow, lots of standing water along the roads), a truck went sailing past me and completely doused me, head to toe, with cold, muddy water.
I remember that very helpless, cold, wet feeling. And I’m afraid at the moment I didn’t see the […]

I’m pretty sure it is John Piper in Future Grace who uses the illustration of the muddy windshield, spattered with the mud of unbelief, and how we need a perspective adjustment to see straight. This is a helpful metaphor, because sin really muddies our understanding.
Once a little resentment, a little discontent, a little disappointment, or […]