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This week has been an exercise in managing my spoons. And I still have a few days to go. What do I mean? Those of us with chronic illness are often known as "spoonies", based on an illustration by Christine Miserando. You should really check out the link and read it for yourself, but, basically, she uses spoons as a measure of how much energy a disabled person has available to them in a given day. We may not look sick, but our illness often limits how much we can do. What use

Today is Holy Saturday, the day between Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection. Many sermons have been written about the words that Jesus spoke while on the cross. Speaking while being crucified was a gargantuan effort, so whatever Jesus was trying to say must have been important. Today, I want to focus on Matthew 27:46. "About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”)." In this

I rarely post recipes, but I've been perfecting my brownie recipe. I don't know where I got the original since it's hand-written and it's been in my recipe binder for the last thirty years. If this looks like your grandmother's brownies, let me know and I'll give her credit!! But, this recipe makes perfectly fudge brownies with just a hint of saltiness. I also like to sometimes add about 1/2 a tsp. of mint extract for mint chocolate brownies. Ingredients: 12 oz. bag of semi-s

Today, The Gospel Coalition posted an article called "Don't Waste Your Suffering." As someone who has chronic migraine and who had to leave a satisfying career, I thought it might be an interesting read. Instead, I was appalled. The gist of the article was that, as believers, should use our suffering as an opportunity to reach out to non-believers to share Jesus. We should be prayerful and joyful and always ready to speak a positive word about Jesus. This sounds great - to so