This is not a foody blog. But my son made this wonderful treat I just had to show you. Cottage cheese, a little honey, cocoa powder, vanilla, stevia, chia seeds. So, so good. https://www.noahnolywaika.com/
Category: This & That
Book reviews, art, photography, short stories, quotes, poetry and posts on a variety of topics.
Cancer Slayers
God has truly blessed me.
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Ladies’ Night Out: A Long Christmas Story in Three Short Parts
Considering my east-coast background, I should have been bored with this low key, unpretentious tea party. This was unlike any gal bash I had known. Where was the raucous laughter, the husband bashing, the competitive undercurrent, the off-color humor, the wine coolers, the gossip? It was my first day of school. I was in the right place.
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Twelve Gifts of Christmas Advent Activity Guide
Twelve Days of Celebrating the Savior The Twelve Gifts of Christmas Activity Guide is a stress-free, slow-paced way for families to observe twelve days of reflection on some of God’s many wonderful gifts to us. The focus is on His greatest gift - God’s own Son, Jesus Christ. Features: Simple instructions Minimal preparation Build family …
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Facing It
It had burrowed deep. Pete could feel it lodged beneath his ribcage. It was dark and heavy and threatening. Sometimes it would claw its way up to his throat and he would begin to shake. It was hard not to run. His boy was sick. Only four years old and he was taking it like …
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Making Medical Decisions
You know they want to help you. They really do. They went to school for a very long time. They worked hard and spent a lot of money. You are in awe of their accomplishments and expertise. They do things every day you know you could never do. They Know So Much. You are thankful …
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A Very Short Birth Story
First babies take a long time, they say. I was counting on that. He built a fire in the grill pit beside our cabin, then came inside. He shoveled glowing coals from the woodstove into a steel bucket and placed them under our pickup to warm the engine oil. He watched for a while then …
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My Favorite Flash Mob Video: Handel’s ‘Hallelujah Chorus’
How divinely full of glory and pleasure shall that hour be when all the millions of mankind that have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb of God shall meet together and stand around Him, with every tongue and every heart full of joy and praise! How astonishing will be the glory and the joy of that day when all the saints shall join together in one common song of gratitude and love, and of everlasting thankfulness to this Redeemer! -Isaac Watts And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. Revelation 5:13
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If We Could Hear Them Singing
'Bells Across the Snow' Streams in the Desert 12/24 O Christmas, merry Christmas,Is it really come again,With its memories and greetings,With its joy and with its pain!There’s a minor in the carolAnd a shadow in the light,And a spray of cypress twiningWith the holly wreath tonight.And the hush is never brokenBy laughter light and low,As we …
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The Old, Old Story
The Old, Old Story by Lottie Brown Allen Joyfully the hours were speeding,And the children, all unheedingFlitted gaily to and fro,At the farmhouse making merry,Hanging sprays of holly berryAnd the magic mistletoe. Dear old Grandma, meanwhile sittingIn the firelight with her knitting.Sometimes joining in their glee,Spoke at last in gentle measureAnd they came with smiles …
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Isaac Watts: Absent From Flesh! O Blissful Thought!
"Death is the last enemey of all the saints; and when the Christian meets it with sacred courage, he gives that honour to the captain of his salvation, which the saints in glory can never give, and which he himself can never repeat. Dying with faith and fortitude is a noble conclusion of a life …
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Video: Israel at War, A Conversation with Jim Showers, Executive Director, The Friends of Israel
Video: Israel at War, A Conversation with Jim Showers, Executive Director, The Friends of Israel. Click on the image to watch the interview.
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The Gain of Loss by John Hobart Egbert
The Gain of Loss by John Hobart Egbert If wounded hearts were all unknown on earth,How could we know the preciousness of balm?If storms ne'er swept across life's placid sea,What would we know about the peace of calm? If bitter sorrows had no place in life.The sense of joy would have to be revised,Bare roses …
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What Can We Do in the Face of Growing Anarchy?
by David Cloud, Way of Life Literature, www.wayoflife.org What can God’s people do in this present world, in the midst of lawlessness and apostasy, in the face of growing totalitarianism, speech control, the cancel culture, the licentious pop culture, Big Tech, Marxism, Critical Race Theory, etc.?God’s people do not yet rule on this earth, but they aren’t …
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Guide Thou My Steps by William Henry Dawson
Guide Thou My Steps by William Henry Dawson I do not ask to have revealed todayEach step that in tomorrow's pathway lies;But 'tis for this, O Lord, I humbly pray:Guide Thou my steps aright from day to day.If Thou wilt only let me feel Thy handAt each new step, while traveling toward the skies,Firm as …
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You Can Trust Him 