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Archive for April, 2008

Comfort food: Potato Soup and Oatmeal Muffins

By Danica Dunphey ⋅ April 28, 2008 ⋅ 8 comments

Last week was a bit on the chilly side, so Jameson and I made some favorite recipes: potato soup and oatmeal muffins.
Potato Soup (the way I make it!)
serves 6-8
1. Saute small onion and 3 cloves of garlic in butter.

2. Add 6-7 peeled and cubed white potatoes (or the equivalent of any other kind.)

3. Cover with [...]

What Is Holiness?

By Brietta Paladin ⋅ April 28, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

I think there can be the tendency in many of us to major on what holiness is not. This isn’t all wrong. After all, I need to know that fornication, lying, drunkenness, disobedience, and so on is sin; and what are my behavioral, mental, emotional, and spiritual boundaries.

But what is holiness? And what does holiness look like for a younger woman? for an older [...]

Divine Chocolatey-ness!

By Brietta Paladin ⋅ April 25, 2008 ⋅ 6 comments

These are the best cookies.

No really, they are.

As soon as you’re done reading this, you’ll want to go make some. Trust me. There is nothing hard about them except coming by the self-control to not eat them all yourself [...]

Childtraining: A look at our hearts

By Danica Dunphey ⋅ April 23, 2008 ⋅ 6 comments

Obviously, I’ve been thinking much about discipline and training for the last few weeks. As I’ve listened to conversations, read blogs and emails, and pondered our tendency to be less than sure in our approach to training our children, it’s occurred to me that perhaps we misunderstand a basic premise.
We discipline and train out of [...]

Hornblower Series

By Darlene Sinclair ⋅ April 22, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

Do you enjoy historical fiction? You will love Horatio Hornblower!

Childtraining Basics

By Darlene Sinclair ⋅ April 22, 2008 ⋅ 5 comments

We’re answering our Question of the Week a day early, due to the high number of questions that came in! This week we look at some fundamentals which need to be in place if we hope to see our children successfully trained in “the way that they should go.” Join us in our discussion! Add your insights so we all might benefit!

Reverence: the fear and the love

By Danica Dunphey ⋅ April 21, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

Walking in reverence is purposing to live in the constant knowledge that God is, and that He sees and governs all. This radically changes the way we live each of our moments. But for those of us who have believed in Jesus for salvation, this life of reverence takes on even more meaning [...]