Growing Graceful

by Linda

Recipe: Lemon Breakfast Cookies, Gluten-Free, Sourdough (Fast and Easy Recipe, using leftover starter)

The one thing that may discourage some people from baking with sourdough is the prep time; dough has to be mixed and requires several hours to ferment before it can be baked. But sourdough doesn’t always need forethought. As long as you have some extra starter sitting around, there are always yummy possibilities in […]

by Linda

More Power in Prayer; Prerequisite #1 for Effective Prayer

Information on the small give-away I am doing in conjuction with this post is available toward the end (in bold print). Did you know that while God always hears our prayers, there are things we may be doing or not doing that influence how attentive He is to our prayers? Psalm 66:18 says, “If I […]

by Linda

The Fruit of Love

~This devotional was used by our women’s group in conjunction with a study from Elizabeth George’s book, A Woman’s Walk With God, Growing in the Fruit of the Spirit. In Elizabeth George’s chapter on Love, she taught: To live out the Fruit of the Spirit requires a decision; love is an act of the will. […]

by Linda

Recipe: Gluten-Free Sourdough Corn Bread

We have had sub-zero temps in Minnesota. Every few days it warms up enough to snow. Today our high is supposed to be 4 degrees, but with windshield if feels like -23. No way around it. It is just COLD!! Storms in recent years have insured we have a surplus of wood. My husband drug […]

by Linda

When God Brings You Out

I was reading over at Beauty Beyond Bones, and was touched by her very vulnerable post, sharing how the enemy of our souls can use memories of dark times in our lives to discourage and disparage. I’ve been going through some personal evaluation myself, and her story just struck a chord. Haven’t we all been […]