Pumpkin Bread, Peanut Brittle, and Lies

Fall is officially here. Today, a friend sent me a Facebook message asking for “my” recipe for Pumpkin-Cranberry Bread. Note: I’ve posted it for her, and anyone else that wants it, below.

She called the recipe mine but I freely admit I took it off the back of a can of Libby’s pumpkin. I don’t claim recipes as my own unless I created them. I won’t make that mistake anymore. Not since the peanut brittle incident. Read more

All Bow Down

There is a Facebook group entitled “The Anointed Michael Followers.” In order to join you have to agree to this statement: “Michael Jackson is the Messiah.” I know this is extreme, but it’s a symptom of a wide spread problem.

It happened again Sunday morning. It’s happened to me several times before. Right in the middle of singing praise songs, worshipping the Lord of all creation, a thought pops into my mind. “Hands are raised. Voices lifted. This is a little bit like a rock concert.” But then the truth takes its place. “No, a rock concert is merely a twisted reflection of true worship.” Read more