Month: June 2024

  • Mindfulness Tasting Challenge

    Hello, tender friends! Wth summer in full swing, it’s the perfect time to practice mindful tasting. All it takes to mindfully taste something is slowing down enough to sit down and enjoy your food and not be distracted by other things. Then find a flavor that you’re not that familiar with to try something new.…

  • Carrot Coriander Soup

    Hello, tender friends! We’ve been busy cooking and cooking. I’ve missed walking outside to gather most of my ingredients and I’m enjoying this season despite the heat. (That necklace was one of my recent crafting adventures.) Today, let’s talk about carrot coriander soup. It’s very similar to a recipe that I got from a GAPS…

  • How I Started Loving My Body

    Hello, tender friends! I love my body more at age 38 than I did at age 18. I love my body in a way I never could back then. I didn’t realize it was possible. I love my body for reasons that have nothing to do with how it looks. (I’m aware that gravity exists,…

  • Standing on God’s Word

    Hello, tender friends! Between work and teaching VBS, this week has been hectic. But we have had great fun! Our theme location this year is “Breaker Rock Beach,” so that’s why you see the whale in the background. Evenings have been hectic, but the Holy Spirit has been moving. I have had the urge to…

  • Summery Cilantro Lime Chicken

    Hello, tender friends! Our cilantro has bolted, so I’m using up as much as I can for the next few weeks. Cilantro is a powerful heavy metal detoxifier and therefore a yummy way to heal. (Detox should be part of any healing protocol.) This cilantro lime oil is so easy for a week night dinner.…

  • God’s Mysterious Ways

    Hello tender friends! God’s ways are always better. We found a baby deer in the tree line around the house a few days ago. She was tiny and cried out for her mother, apparently abandoned. She walked back and forth looking lost and blinking her beautiful, long-lashed eyes. The next morning, she lay curled up…