Today’s post from A Life Hid with Christ in God is actually an excerpt of a letter written to Susan from her pastor. Susan had encouraged her friend to write to Pastor Clark because she had “found his letters very profitable.” Pastor Clark returned a letter to her friend, then to Susan: “My dear friend……
In June of this year I started Dr. Grant Horner’s Bible reading plan. It is a simple plan of reading one chapter in ten different Bible books each day. I started it, but soon realized that ten chapters took me about an hour a day, and though I wanted to do that, reality made it…
I got derailed last week with blog posts because we had a few out of the ordinary things happen. One was we had a very sick chicken that was getting worse and we had to put her down, which is still emotionally hard for us (we definitely aren’t at the level of the seasoned homesteaders…
The garden bed after the main harvest. All that was left was some celery (still unsure how that got in there) and a few sad onions. But I got it cleared out and ready for garlic last week. And I planted 110 garlic cloves in it this week! (I have to put these DIY squirrel…
John G. Mitchell was a pastor and professor who loved his Lord and helped found a Bible college here in Portland, Oregon. He’s been with the Lord for over 30 years now, but he taught many great pastors and left a huge impact on thousands of people. This is a quote I heard him speak…
Last week wasn’t as productive as I’d like it to have been, but that’s how practice months go. I’m still trying to get into a groove of things, while not neglecting the real people in our lives. When you add people into the productivity schedule, they always take more time than you plan for. But…
This week I am thankful for: In case you missed it (ICYMI) last week on the blog I posted: And here’s what I was up to almost exactly four years ago, that I should consider doing again! Here’s a couple videos I watched this week while I was baking: What stood out in my Bible…
Today’s excerpt from A Life Hid with Christ in God is from a letter Susan wrote to her cousin in 1839. “Should I never again be permitted to address you upon this subject, remember, my dear cousin, that I have faithfully warned you of your danger, and told you of the way of escape. But…
I run a small micro bakery where I bake legally allowed cottage foods. On Wednesdays I fill the online orders I get during the week. Here’s some pics from today’s orders. Orders being prepped. Bread boxes drying: Orders packed and labeled: And loaded into our porch pickup station!
“I like, when I have read a book for about a half hour or so, to walk a while, and think it over. I shut the volume and say ‘Now, Mr. Author, you have made your speech, let me think over what you have said. A little meditation will enable me to distinguish between what…