Wine & Bacon Slow Cooker Chili Recipe

Wine & Bacon Slow Cooker Chili Recipe Servings: 10 people   Ingredients  1.5 lb lean Ground Beef, (85% lean) 1 lb cooked bacon 2 c. red table wine 1 large onion, diced 3 garlic cloves, minced 2 Tbsp coriander powder 2 Tbsp chili powder 1 rounded Tbsp of Better than Bouillon Beef base dissolved in 3 c. of hot water 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp dried oregano 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp black pepper 15 oz can […]

Easy Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup Recipe

Easy Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup Ingredients 16 ounces dried split peas green or yellow 6 cups of  water mixed with 2 T. of “Better than Bullion” Ham flavor 1 large ham steak cubed 3 large carrots coined 2 medium onion diced Generously sprinkle in some dried sage and curry powder Instructions Rinse and drain […]

Fun Note to Leave a Co-Worker

Friday, October 13, 2023   Dear Moises,   While passing by your office this afternoon, I noticed you were not in it. Much to my unhappiness, you could be taking a day off or worse yet, you could be out sick with some horrible disease. In fact, I’m guessing that’s probably the problem. You are […]

Basically, what is Christian healing?

Christian healing is the belief that God heals people through the power of prayer and being in a close relationship with Him. It is a practice that has been around for centuries, and it continues to be a source of comfort and hope for many people. There are many different ways to practice Christian healing. […]

Creative Writing: The Shield

The Shield Over the castle fireplace lays a sturdy but mangled shield The shield is worn, cracked, and scarred Its planks so warped, they look like handholds The wood shield does not shine like those of bronze or iron, But is respected for its survival and reliability its given nature.   While other shields are […]

How to Start the Healing Process

“But then something happened: God our Savior and His overpowering love and kindness for humankind entered our world; He came to save us. It’s not that we earned it by doing good works or righteous deeds; He came because He is merciful. He brought us out of our old ways of living to a new beginning through […]

A Simple, Local Healing Service

“What are you gonna have prayed for?” I asked my mom. “Oh I’ve known what I’m going to have prayed for for several days now. I’m going to ask God for bold faith.” “That’s really good. I’m going to ask God for healed relationships.” Mom and I were standing in the lobby of the Danvers […]

What is Spiritual Warfare?

What is Spiritual Warfare? There is a lot of invisible activity all around us. In addition to angels (both fallen angels and heavenly angels), we have saints who go before us and are interceding on our behalf. In this hidden realm, there is birthed spiritual warfare. Those who follow Jesus need to know about this […]

Bible Guided Dreams & Visions for Christian Dream Interpretation

Interested in biblical dream interpretation? Me too, but there aren’t a lot of great resources that I’ve seen. My home church started a Bible based study on dreams interpretation using Dr. Joe Ibojie as a resource. If you are comfortable with exploring the topic, here are some notes so you can see if this is […]

Writing Prompt: What is your most vivid memory?

Here’s a fairly simple Writing Exercise for memoir or autobiographical writing: What is your most prominent or earliest memory? After you describe this, laying out the settings and people, analyze why you think this memory sticks out to you. For an example, this is one of my most vivid childhood memories involving a loving and […]

Confessions: Bald Children Look Like Peanuts

When children have shaved heads or buzz cuts, I honestly can’t help but think how cute they are. They look like peanuts with eyelashes and I just want to rub their little heads.

Copywriting Interview and Test from CBD 4 Years Ago

What’s one of your favorite books right now, and why? Crash test dummies are life savers. To me, the For Dummies books are exactly that. The best-selling series is my generation’s “Peyton Place-” Everybody’s heard of the books, not a single body reads them…except for all those invisible people buying the books! I thought “Quantum […]

Song: Streaks of Coal

Now that he’s back in the fire There are streaks of Coal in his veins, whoa, whoa He broods like Karma and glares like coal Demoralizes want of change, whoa, whoa When he started for his sulk on the sun He yelled of thunder and spat out rain, whoa, whoa Show us, did you trip […]

Confessions: Too Many Selfies

I took what I considered a lot of photos of myself in my mid 20’s because there was no one else to take them. My mom was completely uninterested in taking my photo during family outings so I became the camera man.

Confessions: Big Brother Ponies

When I was a little girl, my mother told me that work horses, like Clydesdales, were called Big Brother Ponies. Not knowing that she just made this up, based on My Little Ponies, I referred to these horses as Big Brother Ponies until I was in my early 20s. Luckily the didn’t appear in conversation […]

Gratitude Moment

I am grateful for couples who take out life insurance policies on their anniversaries. What a great way to show that you are going to stay with someone until the very end and how much you thing his or her life is worth!

A Christian Parable

Let’s start with the definition of a parable. It’s often allegorical and seemingly simple. However, the purpose of the story is to teach lessons – moral, faith based, spiritual and scholastic types. Jesus was known for teaching in parables (he taught 46 of them!) and there are many examples of them in the Bible’s Gospels. […]

Clothes My Mother Thinks I Should Wear

Are words needed? There’s nothing like clothes from your mom! If your mom lives near a $0.25 cent thrift store, I know you’ve got some of your own finds. Send me a message or comment below.

30 Day Photography Challenge for You!

Your mission, if you choose to accept it: Take 30 photos in 30 days! This should be fun – don’t stress about it. You can take more than one a day or all 30 in one day. There are only two rules: One: They have to follow the subject matter of each day. Two: Get creative and […]