Pomegranate Pavlova – En Pointe!

Anna Pavlova was a famous Russian ballerina in the late 19th and early 20th century. Her frame was smaller than the typical ballerina, including her feet. Standing “en pointe” was difficult with such small, curved feet. To help curve the box shape of the shoe, she...

Are you really safe?

“The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid.” Ps 119:6a Ebola. ISIS. Enterovirus. Random shootings. Cancer. Divorce. Miscarriage. Fill in the blank. What grips you with fear? If this list isn’t enough, I’m sure there is something else you can...

Staying Steady

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.  Psalm 46:1 I came home not long ago from teaching a bible study in Houston. It was one of those times when I really sensed the Spirit using me, and I could see women responding to Him. I remember driving...

Digging up Flowers

Psalm 31:1 In you, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness. Depression chased me right into the presence of God. I wasn’t even clear about what was bothering me until we had a breakfast picnic together on the...

Tightly Secure in Him

“Let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water. Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we...