Since spring is coming, and since Bekah has a new computer (and she’s got skills), she is sprucing up our Femina blog with a new look. And she also has a nice camera and took this shot of some tulips in my sink this afternoon, which became the inspiration for our new header. So don’t be surprised by the new look. We like rearranging the furniture too!
Monthly Archive for January, 2010
As my husband put it on his blog, it turns out one of the 100 Cupboards leads to the Today Show! Al Roker of the Today Show has selected 100 Cupboards as the next book they will be reading for Al’s Book Club for Kids. You can find out more about it here and here.
One of the perennial complaints that Christian women have about their husbands is that they just don’t assume leadership in the home. The wife has a certain expectation that a Christian husband will be leading the family in prayer, Bible study, and other “spiritual” things, and the husband isn’t interested. What is the cause of this abdication? Why can’t men lead their wives?
Well, I’m sure there are many reasons that have never occurred to me, but a couple have. Of course some men might just be lazy bums. So I’m not talking about them right now. But why don’t some of the other men who seem to be quite capable of leadership fail to pick up the reins at home?
I believe this is one of the primary reasons why men don’t lead: because they know full well that if they ever tried to lead, there would be a big show-down, and they are just not up to it. They would rather have relative peace in the home and be accused of Continue reading ‘Why Men Don’t Lead’
Today is the big day that The Chestnut King is released, and I have my own copy hot off the press. You can get one from Canon Press here, so you have no excuse not to grab yourself a copy! I promise you, it is a wonderful story.
This past Saturday night for our Sabbath Dinner, I was looking for something simple (coming right on the heels of the Winter Feast the night before). So I turned to what has become one of my favorite cookbooks (right behind Hot Providence). It’s called Perfect Recipes for Having People Over by Pam Anderson.
It is organized in a simple, helpful fashion, with tips on what beverages or side dishes to serve with the main dish (with the recipes for them), how far ahead to make it, what to do with the leftovers, and when to serve it. For example, a few weeks ago I made her recipe for a very simple stew, and it was delicious. Not your average stew at all, and it only bakes for an hour and fifteen minutes (at 450 degrees). Earlier this winter, I Continue reading ‘Childhood Cooking’
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