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Book Discussion Guide For Wisdom In The Waiting by Phyllis Tickle Tomorrow is our Boxed Lunch Book Club at church, and I have been working on quotes and questions for our time together. I am looking forward to chatting over lunch about the spring stories in Phyllis Tickle’s Wisdom in the Waiting. Here’s the discussion guide. …
I love to get outside in the spring. In fact, I always feel a little sad about leaving Arkansas for spring break because the weather is turning so lovely and the wisteria usually comes out while I am gone. Frequently in the spring and fall, we go for family …
An Easy Recipe for Raspberry Rugelach That You Can Freeze For Later Raspberry Rugelach Ingredients: 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, room temperature 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces, room temperature 1/4 cup granulated sugar 2 cups sifted bleached all-purpose flour 1/2 cup raspberry or apricot preserves Make dough: place cream …
Last summer I wrote about reading this lovely book that is the introduction to a new series of books on ancient faith practices. Then I read the first book of the series, In Constant Prayer by Robert Benson. That was when I ordered The Divine Hours. Then I sort of forgot about the series. But …
Breath of Joy: A Series of Yoga Poses I guess that I could go to yoga for the rest of my life and still, years from now, be learning new poses. I am always amazed that there is something new with each class. A position I haven’t heard of before. Or a new way to …
I’m home from church with a sick little girl, so I’m rereading Mary Karr’s collection of poems, Sinners Welcome, in lieu of corporate worship this morning. Not the same, I know, but there is no avoiding sickness in this town right now. Class attendance is down everywhere due to multiple strains of the flu and other …
Taido and I had this wonderful coconut sweet potato soup in a restaurant on a date recently that we loved. It was so dreamy that we sat at the table a long time and tried to figure out everything that was in it. We made a list so later I could try to duplicate it. …
We are about 10 pages from finishing our current read-aloud at the Chino House. Here’s what I love about being at this point in a book with my kids. When they get home from school tomorrow I could ask them if they would rather finish Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry or watch TV and …
Eleanor Roosevelt wrote the introduction to Daisy Bates’ memoir, The Long Shadow of Little Rock, about the Little Rock Nine, which was first published in 1962. In it, she boldly states, Every American should read this book. I could not agree more. In fact, I think it is …
Last Friday I accompanied the fourth graders at Pike View on a field trip that included stops at Little Rock Central High School, the Old State House and the Arkansas State Capitol. The trip came on the heels of units for Black History month and a social studies unit on the federal, state and local …
We have a class at our church called Talk It Out that attempts to provide a place for education and discussion of racial issues over the span of four weekly sessions. For me, the class has really served as a jumping off place for other learning. I believe all good classes do this actually, and …
The trees do this in February.
I have been trying to practice the daily offices with more regularity since last summer. I was shooting for three or four, but I usually only hit one or two. I’m looking at Lent as a new beginning with the hopes that more frequent repetition will help me to assimilate some of these prayers into …
I love the fresh ginger dressing that comes on top of some lettuce and shredded carrots at the beginning of your meal at sushi bars and Japanese steakhouses. I don’t get to get out and eat sushi as often as I would like, but I can now at least have the salad because I have …
My favorite valentine is a book of course. And because the outpouring of sweets is abundant at school, I give my kiddos books for valentine’s as well. This year Cole is getting Inkheart, Mary Polly a new Ivy and Bean, Ben a new My Weird School and Simon a new Mr. Putter. In case you …
Mushroom and Wild Rice Soup I saw Slumdog Millionaire this weekend. Everyone should see this movie. I would love to see it sweep the academy awards. However, two days after seeing it, my thoughts are a little too raw to be coherent so instead of talking about this film, I am giving you a recipe …
Ina Garten’s Cheddar Dill Scones I made Ina Garten’s cheddar dill scones this week, and I have grounded myself from making them again because I ate them all. They are so flaky, cheesy yummy that I just couldn’t resist. Even the next day after a minute or two in the toaster oven I was burning …
This week I’ve been getting ready for our boxed lunch book club that we do once a month at church. This month’s book is I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. For several days I’ve been rereading my favorite parts of this book and am amazed anew at the way Maya Angelou …
My aunt gave my children the Jesus Storybook BIble for Christmas and it is my new favorite Bible for children. The illustrations by Jago are the best I’ve ever seen in a children’s Bible, but beyond that, the whole book is tied together by this idea on the front cover, that every story whispers his name. …
I finished this book by Nancy Ortberg yesterday. Another Christmas gift from another sweet friend. I was trying to savor it, because each vignette was worthy of contemplation, but I ended up gulping down the remaining chapters yesterday morning. I have said before that I love to read stories of people finding faith, and this …