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Mini Berry Cheesecakes

Cold like ice cream, smothered in berries — these mini cheesecakes are a great make-ahead summer dessert in convenient single servings. A tiny bowl of luscious blueberries encased in a creamy base with a touch of lime — not too rich and just enough sweet to satisfy.

Vanilla and Chocolate Popsicles or Pudding | Dairy Free

You’re a blender whirl away from creamy vanilla pudding pops, faintly reminiscent of vanilla cupcakes, or a chocolate version that tastes like you’re licking a bowl of rich brownie batter. Dairy-free and sweetened with dates, a perfect summer treat.

Buckwheat Chocolate Chip Cookies – Gluten Free

The weather is getting hot (finally), so what better reason do you need to make up a batch of these gluten-free, buckwheat chocolate chip cookies? That’s what my mother said last night, and early this morning I heard the high speed blender grinding up buckwheat, and shortly after, the smell of freshly baked cookies wafted […]

Granola: The Master Recipe

My Master Granola Recipe — the basic proportions and “technique.” Create different granola “flavors” with your favorite combination of Add-Ins or munch away as is. Granola: The Master Recipe Ingredients 6 c rolled oats (not quick cooking) 2-4 c nuts and/or seeds (note: seeds will measure out as “more” per cup) 1/2 c coconut oil […]

Crunchy French Toast

If Pete offers to make food it will be either popcorn or breakfast. But his popcorn is perfect, and he is the breakfast king — both in terms of eating and cooking. That’s a good thing because I love popcorn and I don’t do breakfast. His specialty is a yeasted waffle, crispy on the outside […]

Power of the Purse

You know the game. You get a list of items to look for in your purse, and the one with the most items wins. It’s an ice breaker played at wedding and baby showers. Women scrounge around in their purses, rooting out long lost items, like so much buried treasure. Contents get dumped as they […]

The Road Home: When You’ve Gone Too Far

I had thought I could always go home. But suddenly I realized I didn’t know how. My trail of crumbs had long been eaten. I had lost my way.

Paula Deen and the N Word

Nigger is a nasty word. Like any other word, there’s nothing offensive about those particular letters strung together. It’s the connotation, and this one has a history as ugly as any. It has been spit out with venom and hatred, with whipping, chains, and every kind of inhumanity. I don’t know how Paula Deen said […]

It’s Only a Body

It’s only a body. That’s what I said when we talked about death, mine in particular. I pictured my body in a bed (how often do people actually die in a bed?) and my spirit, the real me slipping away, suddenly untethered from its bodily constraints. Free at last. I won’t be there, I said. […]

What if We Were Meant to Live Forever?

What if we were meant to live forever, and life on earth was a mere sliver of time, tacked on to the front end of eternity? What if this life was just a drop about to be swallowed up in the ocean of eternity, a tiny speck in the universe of forever? How would we live?

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Abram & Sarai | A Love, a Lie, and a Promise: Part 1

She had followed Abram on this crazy journey, leaving behind all her friends and her childhood home. She never imagined it would end this way.

A Fruit by Any Other Name | Adam & Eve: Part 1

The woman had never paid much attention to the serpent, not that she could recall. He had stayed on the periphery, his voice interjecting occasionally, but always under the radar.

The Walking Dead | Adam & Eve: Part 2

The woman he loved had her arm outstretched. She was offering him the fruit, the juice still dripping down her chin. The man watched himself take a bite.

Into the Darkness | The Sacrifice of Isaac: Part 1

“Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love … . Abraham’s heart had dropped to the pit of his stomach. He could feel the sweat cold on his temples, as he thought, “Lord, could this please not be a hard request, another stretching, another move beyond my comfort zone?” He had wanted to cover his ears, but he could not cover God’s mouth, and God had continued as if he had not known Abraham’s desperate thoughts, as if it did not matter.

God on Trial

Musing on Genesis 3 “Did God really say you can’t eat from any tree of the garden?” The serpent isn’t so much attempting to verify God’s exact words as he is injecting a note of incredulity, pointing out the absurdity of God’s edict. With one word, the serpent calls into question God’s judgment, his reasonableness. […]

Abram & Sarai | A Love, a Lie, and a Promise: Part 2

Surely he had anticipated their lives would be in danger. Would he now return to Canaan alone? And what would become of Sarai? Would he ever see her again? Had he completely misunderstood God’s plan?