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This week I posted about adding a little Valentine’s Day decor to my home, just to add some warmth and joy in the month of January. Along with the long days and months of winter, marriage can feel like it’s cold, gray and maybe even a little icy at times. It’s so important to have a sensitive spirit about that so you can refresh your relationship, add some light and sparkle to what has become mundane! Continue reading “Refresh Your Marriage – Get Out!”
I love adding a little Valentine’s Day decor to my home a couple weeks before the holiday. It warms things up in the long, cold month of January! I didn’t buy a thing – I just used what I already had.
Here’s a look at what I’ve done…
Who doesn’t love a good coffee cake? This one was declared by my husband recently to be “The best coffee cake ever!” It has everything a good one needs – a nice cake texture and a high pile of buttery crumbs on top. All this recipe needs is a good cup of hot coffee Continue reading “The BEST New York Crumb Cake”
Are you aware that most pastors and their wives experience loneliness, isolation and discouragement during their ministry lives? The role that members play can be a huge encouragement.
I shared with you on Wednesday that a dear friend and sister in Christ, Hope Carter, passed away this week. I’ve had many people who have encouraged me over the years, and Hope would definitely be one of them! If she could speak, she could give some great lessons on how to encourage your pastor’s wife, but since she’s gone to heaven, let me share what she did for me that meant so much and impacted my life and ministry.
Continue reading “Seven Ways To Encourage Your Pastor’s Wife”
We knew it was coming because death comes to us all, but the blow and the loss is what has left my heart staggering and also lifted up to the Lord in thanks today. A dear church member, friend and “almost-family member,” Hope Carter, went home to heaven this week, leaving a great void, and my heart lifted in grateful praise for a life well lived.
Hope’s kind son and daughter, knowing my love for their mother, gave me a couple treasures belonging to their mom – her bread bowl and a bread pan. These two items Continue reading “Lessons From a Bread Bowl”
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