Coffee and chocolate? Count me in! You'll love these Cappuccino Muffins, whether you love coffee the way I do or not! I have a small blue cookbook with stained pages and little notes and hundreds of wonderful recipes. It's called The Newcomer's Guide to Cooking in Africa, and I treasure it not only for the memories it calls to mind but for the delicious ...
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Encouraging Word Wednesday: Living Water
"O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water." Psalm 63:1 Have you ever been thirsty? I'm talking really thirsty, the kind of thirst that comes from more than a dry mouth, a thirst you feel throughout your whole body, your whole being? I have to tell you: I rarely ...
Encouraging Word Wednesday: Why You Need the Great High Priest
I once wrote a 31-day prayer guide for people groups in East Africa. Missionaries who worked among different groups shared prayer requests with me, telling me of the cultures and traditions and beliefs of the people they served. One of the most iconic of these groups believed there was one god whose eye was the sun, and only the religious leader of the tribe could ...
Encouraging Word Wednesday: The Resurrection and the Life
Stop for a minute and imagine the scene set in John 11: A group of grieving people, gathered to give comfort. Two sisters with broken hearts. And, Jesus arriving on the scene a little later than they'd hoped. Martha rushes out to meet him because, even in her grief, she has to do something. I've always thought she sounded a bit pushy when she said, "Lord, if ...