Choosing Christmas Day Three
Day Three December 5 I wish I could read your individual responses to yesterday’s journal prompt. Hearing from other women is what I love about group Bible study. I learn so much from y’all! The fact is, we aren’t told why God had Gabriel reveal Elizabeth’s pregnancy to Mary; but over the next few days, I want to explore a couple possibilities that have occurred to me. First,
Choosing Christmas Day Two
Day Two December 4 Welcome back! It’s time to set the stage for this fascinating meeting between two otherwise average women. I’d love to have some props, a few hints of period costuming, and some sound effects; but even without them, there’s no lack for drama in this story. The moment is pulsing with emotion as the curtain rises. Let’s lean in and listen carefully. Elizabeth’s younger cousin
Choosing Christmas Day One
Day One December 3 The scripture passage for our Advent is familiar to most, but I’m asking the Spirit of God to breathe fresh revelation into our study. The passage opens with an exchange between two women—one old, one young; one barren-until-blessed, one virginal-past-conception. Meet Elizabeth, the aging wife of a Hebrew priest, expectant with John the Baptist, and Mary, a young teenager pregnant with Promise Himself. The
Alone at the Throne
It was a seriously bad idea, but we were high school kids out and about on a Friday night. Translation, the whole bunch of us tended to act now and think later. The decision to act now had come when my date’s best friend pulled up alongside of us in his souped-up pick up, with his date riding shotgun. He grinned, racked his pipes, and
BIG BLACK FRIDAY SALE!
Hey y'all! I hope this little note finds you full of turkey and counting your blessings, naming them one by one. I want y'all to know that when I count mine, every single one of you make the list! I'm a grateful girl this evening, but it has been a super tough week here at All Things Southern. I've spent most of it with my
Green Salad with Cornbread Croutons
Hello folks, and welcome back to the All Things Southern kitchen. Tell me, what do you do with leftover cornbread? (I mean, besides crumbling it in a nice glass of milk!) Why, you make Cornbread Croutons– that’s what! Let me show you how to produce a bit of magic from day old cornbread! “Green Salad with Cornbread Croutons” 6 tablespoons butter, melted 1 cup cornmeal 1 cup all-purpose flour 1-2
The Farmhouse Chocolate Cake
Hello folks and welcome back to the All Things Southern kitchen. I’ve recently returned from Ellerslie, GA where I spoke to a wonderful gathering of women at the famous Farmhouse restaurant and gift shop. If the Good Lord’s willing, and the creek doesn’t run dry, I plan to go back there for the fellowship, the fun, and the food! Hostess with the mostest Beckie McKenzie
The Belle’s Gouda Mac and Cheese
Hello folks and welcome back to the All Things Southern kitchen. It was the evaporated milk that caught my attention. I saw a recipe for homemade mac and cheese that used Pet Milk. Interesting, I thought. I’ve never used Pet Milk in my own mac and cheese. It also happens that I had some fresh Gouda cheese on hand that I was thinking would be
Grandma Stone’s Poor Man’s Candy
Hello folks and welcome back to the All Things Southern kitchen! When I was a little girl, my Grandma Stone would make us kids something she called Potato Candy. I love both the unique melt in your mouth flavor and the memories it inspires. Granted, I figured out long ago that the name didn’t exactly make peoples’ mouth water but it was only recently that
Shellie’s Skillet Jambalaya
Hello folks and welcome back to the All Things Southern kitchen. One of my favorite things to do when time is short and our bellies are empty is to take a single skillet and make a delicious meal. Take my Skillet Jambalaya. I came in under the wire the other evening, surveyed what I had on hand and brought this dish to the table in