Category: Advent

  • O Sacred Head Now Wounded: A Liturgy for Daily Worship from Pascha to Pentecost by Jonathan Gibson

    I can’t talk about this book without telling you about the whole series to date. The entire collection is so incredibly beautiful! These books are excellent resources for individual, family and church devotional and worship building. These books follow the Liturgical calendar. The titles of the books are taken from some classical and deeply theological…

  • Advent Seasonal Reading for 2021

    As we head into the last month of 2021 I decided to focus on some Christmas reading. Let me just say right up front… I know I won’t get to everything on this list. I am not using all the devotionals in this stack but thought I would share them in case you are looking…

  • Advent 2021 Printables

    Advent begins tomorrow… November 28th. I want to encourage you to take time to focus on Christ this season. I put our daily readings and weekly candle lighting themes into printable form if you are interested in using them in your home. I will also share some books I am have read or am reading…

  • Cranberry-Orange Bread

    Cranberry-Orange Bread

    I try to make something for friends and teachers each year.  This year I am making Cranberry-Orange Bread and Christmas Jam.  I spent some time baking bread Sunday and the jam was done on Monday.  I wrap the bread in cling film and freeze it before I give it away. The recipe I use for…

  • Nigella’s Sticky Gingerbread

    Nigella’s Sticky Gingerbread

      I often take this to holiday gatherings at church.  I never have any leftover!  LOL  This is another one from the Nigella Christmas Cookbook…  here is the link online for you… Sticky Gingerbread recipe (metric measures). It is FANTASTIC!!!  It also freezes well so you can make it ahead. Here are my results with it…. It was…

  • Christmas Past:  Gingerbread House 2006

    Christmas Past: Gingerbread House 2006

    We made and cut our own pattern for this one this particular year.  We often use the Wilton houses but this year the kids wanted to make it from beginning to end so we did.  It was so much work but SO MUCH FUN!!! Front view The back view The decorators!!! They were so excited…