In November, our lips trembledwith the breath of winter etched in frost across the windows. We gazed at dawn’s arrival casting bands of icy glitter on brass and copper oak leaves holding tight to frozen branches, as if they could stop the turnof seasons, suspend the spinof Earth around the sun, butnothing can slow thisContinueContinue reading “Advent: The First Candle (Poem)”
Author Archives: Sarah M. Wells
Advent Day One: Make Hot Cocoa
December 1: Make Hot CocoaI loooooove hot chocolate, but the mix stuff leaves a horrible corn syrup aftertaste in my mouth and frankly gives me the McGurgles. It made me so sad the first time I tried some after our diet change. So today, we’re trying paleo hot chocolate. I grabbed this recipe from EasyContinueContinue reading “Advent Day One: Make Hot Cocoa”
Epistrepho: A Definition
Transitively to turn to to the worship of the true Godto cause to return, to bring back to the love and obedience of God to the love for the childrento love wisdom and righteousnessintransitively to turn to one’s selfto turn one’s self about,turn back to return,turn back,come back.Love.
Advent Calendar and Writing
The Advent season starts December 1, and I’m nipping at the bit. I love this season.The kids and I made an advent calendar that I stole from Pinterest (gah. one more addiction to battle.) and combined with our Nativity story books. Each day has a different activity on it for December leading up to Christmas. ContinueContinue reading “Advent Calendar and Writing”
Just Hear Those Sleigh Bells Jingling
We are home after visiting with family for the last few days, an always lovely time at Thanksgiving. I’m grateful for family being so close and being able to spend time with both sides. And, can you say leftovers? Yum. I’m on carb-overload.I love coming home to a Christmas decorated house. It’s warm, welcoming, cozy,ContinueContinue reading “Just Hear Those Sleigh Bells Jingling”
Crazy Jesus Parables and Dead Pigs
Lately I’ve taken to listening to the audio Bible on YouVersion’s Bible app in the mornings as I exercise or as I’m getting ready for work. I have been out of spiritual practice, so since I’m exercising regularly, I figure coupling my physical exercise with some kind of spiritual exercise is a wise move.I’m listeningContinueContinue reading “Crazy Jesus Parables and Dead Pigs”
Ambition and Contentment
What is it about the human spirit that itches the inside of us and drives us to look beyond where we are right now toward some blurry-eyed future, probes us to keep climbing and reaching for more, to keep creating, inventing, dreaming, brainstorming, vision-casting, striving and risking in spite of the joys and possibilities allContinueContinue reading “Ambition and Contentment”
Flavor Enhancement
One of the benefits of cutting down or eliminating added sweeteners to food and eating mostly natural ingredients is that everything tastes better. It isn’t necessarily that the food itself changed, but the palate that is receiving the food is cleansed and ready to taste fully whatever it is that it is about to consume. It isn’tContinueContinue reading “Flavor Enhancement”
The Elliptical and Tonight’s Work of Writing
It’s one of those writing nights where I spend about a minute or two typing out clever sentences and then hold down the backspace bar until the page is white again. It’s also the night of a thousand saves as I open and close new and old drafts of poems and essays. And the nightContinueContinue reading “The Elliptical and Tonight’s Work of Writing”
Eating Good Food
So I started a catalog of all the foods we love to eat so that I don’t have to keep googling recipes I’ve had before. I’m cooking-dumb when it comes to common food preparations, like how to make chicken broth or how long to roast chicken, things like that. The list isn’t very long yetContinueContinue reading “Eating Good Food”
Sarah Marie Wells 