Gratitude Season, Warm Spices and War

Mable Hunter Stewart’s war effort and her fruit cake. Harvest, Thanksgiving and Remembrance Day draws us toward feeling gratitude for nature’s bounty, for the effort, and sacrifice of others. Fall is a sort of Gratitude season that comes scented with warm spices. This guest blog post recalls a time when cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove wereContinue reading “Gratitude Season, Warm Spices and War”

Santa’s Helpers – A child’s Christmas 2.0…

My Mother’s Cookbooks Sugar doughnut recipe There is nothing quite as wonderful as the awe and happiness on a child’s face on Christmas morning. The novelty, the excitement, and their joy makes the effort and preparations for Christmas, worth it. We know it and yet it is easy to miss the underlying message… A minister’sContinue reading “Santa’s Helpers – A child’s Christmas 2.0…”