Concerning Tomatoes
With so many tomatoes, I’ve developed the daily tomato sandwich ritual. It’s a great way to use your tomatoes, dill, and lettuce. Our favorite sandwich involves a hearty toasted, grainy bread, sliced tomatoes, red onion, fresh dill, and crisp lettuce. You can use a vegan mayo (it’s good!) or regular. Make sure you add lots […]
Cleaning the Bird Bath
If you’ve never seen a plump robin rollicking in your bird bath, you’ve missed out on a fun garden moment. They relish the cool water; they splash about; they turn circles. This bird bath has brought joy to the garden. When the sun rises, the solar-powered fountain starts and pours water down into the bowl. […]
Serrano Peppers Everywhere
Any Mexican dish. Sliced on sandwiches. In salads. Pickled. Roasted. Any way you want. I’m surviving on peppers. Maybe I’m wrong about this, but I’ve noticed that the longer the peppers stay on the plant, the less hot they are. This helps!
Back to School for College Students: 50% off My Books Till August 12!
Enjoy this great discount! To support my appearance at the EveryCampus: Back to School event last night, Moody Publishers is offering a 50% discount on all my titles through Aug 12th. If you tuned in last night and wanted to learn more about being seated with Christ, go to my author page at Moody Publishers to find […]
Even the Smallest Turning Back
This morning I read a quote from George MacDonald–the Scottish preacher and writer. He writes, “The spirit of God lies all about the spirit of man like a mighty sea ready to rush in at the smallest chink in the walls that shut Him out from His own.” I think of the “smallest chink” that […]
Tomorrow Night: EveryCampus: Back to School
Something fun! Tomorrow night (Thursday–Aug. 6th) at 9:00 PM-10:00 PM EST, a group of speakers, professional athletes, college professors, and performers are gathering online for a free virtual event to bless and encourage incoming and current college students! Join the live event via Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/EveryCampus/ (And just between you and me, yes, I did […]
The Midwife, the Sister, and the Wife
I’m back in the book of Exodus, and today I realize the power of small characters and small acts that lead to astonishing things. Sometimes we doubt how our service helps anyone or we wonder why our ministry seems so small. Sometimes we think that, in the big scheme of things, we aren’t really that […]
When I Get to This Part of the Bible
As you know, I read five Psalms a day which loosely correspond with the days of month. It’s always a powerful reminder when I read Psalm 15-29 because these words have practically disintegrated in my Bible. The pages are so written over, so cried over, and so read that many have either fallen out or […]
The Delight
I thought all day about the word “delight” in Psalm 1. We read this: Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wickedor stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted […]
A Joyful Gardening Thing
I’ve learned to plan the dinner menu around what I can harvest in the garden. It’s a special form of joy. We make a pasta with pesto and peas, a taco night where I slice up the Serrano peppers, and a baked potato night to use up all the chopped chives. Next week, with ripe […]