Online Christmas Gift Ideas That Are Popular Among Christians This Year November has been such a wonderful month for practicing gratitude and compassion for our fellow loved ones. For me, this month has ushered in a great change and I feel like I am moving forward with more Joy and Peace in my life. I have found myself within my passion for cooking. I am so happy that I get to share that and my love for God with you... Read more
A recipe from my faith that is great at Thanksgiving dinner or at a faith-based social. Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to show the ones you love your appreciation as well as to God for giving us a bountiful harvest. Of course, nowadays our harvests come in many different ways and are only symbolic, but the feeling of immeasurable gratitude for what God has done for us throughout the year is not. Not only is it a time to show... Read more
Interfaith and Relationships Dating in this day and age can be overly complicated. No one meets in person any longer. It is all done over apps, and texting. If you ever get out of that stage and into dating it is really important to ask the hard questions first. What are the hard questions? Your partner’s spiritual and religious beliefs. Their core values in and out of a relationship etc. From there, you can ask other questions that can help... Read more
Depression and The Holidays There are quite a few misconceptions about the holiday season and how we, as Christians, should ‘feel’ and ‘act’. Hallmark and Lifetime have made us feel like the holiday season should be filled with magic and romance. It is the only season when we should be outwardly happy and full of holiday cheer. The reality is that the majority of us are suffering from seasonal depression as well as other personal issues. (i.e. bills, relationships with... Read more
Celebrating Women’s Equality for Progressive Christian Women November 19th is Women Entrepreneurs Day This is a day to celebrate all the female Entrepreneurs around the world. As a female Entrepreneur, I can tell you firsthand, that being a woman entrepreneur is not only empowering, but uplifting. I feel truly blessed to be able to do what I love for a living, which is cook and share all of my wonderful recipes with you, dear reader. Why is Women Entrepreneurs... Read more
Dashing Through the Snow will be available on Disney Channel plus November 17, 2003. Dashing through the Snow is a hilarious and touching story about an Atlanta social worker’s Christmas Eve journey with his young, adorable daughter that helps him to remember the joy and magic of the yuletide season. Eric is a good-hearted man who has turned his back on Christmas due to a very traumatic childhood experience. At the request of his wife Alison, who is also a social worker,... Read more
Ways to respect and appreciate other faiths “We all have the same God, we just serve him differently. Rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, and oceans all have different names, but they all contain water. So do religions have different names, and they all contain truth, expressed in different ways forms, and times. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a Muslim, a Christian, or a Jew. When you believe in God, you should believe that all people are part of one family. If... Read more
Tips To Make The World A Better Place One of my favorite childhood stories is called “Stone Soup”. It is a charming story about a band of poor vagabonds, who come up with a clever way to not only feed their starving bellies but develop a sense of community within the village. This story comes to mind when I am faced with the question, how can I make the world a better place? Just like those poor vagabonds in... Read more
Nativity Fasting The Nativity Fast or the Fast of the Prophets, is quickly approaching us. ( Nov. 15 through Dec. 24) This is an exciting time for believers and a great time to start acquiring the best recipes to use during the 2023 Nativity Fast. For those unfamiliar with this fast, The Nativity Fast/ Fast of the Prophets helps us to properly prepare and observe the Lord’s Nativity in the flesh to our fullest ability. It is a period of abstinence and... Read more
Finding the Joy in Cooking Why do I find so much joy in cooking? A question I get asked quite a lot. Ironically, when I was growing up this wasn’t even a question one would be asked. I cooked because I was a young woman and was told from a young age my husband would want me to cook and clean. So I blindly followed along. I was a horrible cook. Everything I made was either burned or raw. It... Read more
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