Archive for February, 2011

1000 Gifts Photo Essay

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

I’ve blogged before about how much I love Angie Smith’s blog, Bring the Rain. Her honest, humble and humorous (hey HEY! Alliteration! (Dork)) thoughts on God have influenced my own stuttering blurt-outs so much. Angie started writing from a place of deep grief; the death of near newborn daughter, Audrey.  You can read her story [...]

Sriracha-Pomegranate Chicken Wings

Friday, February 4th, 2011

I confess, I’m not a football fan. I just don’t get all the stopping and starting, the complex battle maneuvering, the downs (and ups?), the pads, the army of coaches… it’s a mystery to me. But while I may not know who’s playing on Sunday, I DO know how to feed the hungry souls who’ll [...]

tuesday night record club & more!

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

So much on my mind, after a FANTASTIC prayer time this morning. Some mornings, it’s a struggle to pray, or to read the Bible because that doubting Thomas part of me keeps whispering, “really?”. As in, you really think anyone’s listening ya big crazy? And then there other mornings, where God’s presence is so palpable, [...]

Drumroll…

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

Remember a little while ago when I mentioned that big dinner I was prepping? The one that was for a rather famous man, and his family? Well, it was for… Boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard! Nervous doesn’t even begin to cover it. You know me by now… whenever God sends me an opportunity, my first [...]