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Around the Supper Table

I can remember several quotes from my mother: “I’m going to tell your dad when he gets home.” That was her last threat before I finally succumbed to her obedience. “Stop pulling the head off of your littler sister’s doll.”.....
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Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad
Print Yes, it’s a salad, but ranch dressing makes anything better, right? Then you see that it has bacon. How could it go wrong? Relax, this is a salad in that the ingredients are mixed, but there are no leafy.....
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Around the Supper Table #223 – I Count All My Blessings!
There are times when I sit down and play my guitar. I pour my heart out to God. There’s no particular song in mind. I just play. Tonight, as I sat down and my fingers found the strings, the song.....
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Around the Supper Table #222 – Springtime is Life: The Resurrection and The Light
When I think of Easter, I get a jumble of ideas; of course, there is Jesus, the resurrection; the Easter egg hunts; the new dresses. Right now, at Sanctuary Family Farms, we just received some 60 new baby chickens. My.....
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Around the Supper Table #221 – Flowers of Springtime
Print In sight of Golgotha is a small cemetery garden. A stone stands guard over the place Jesus was buried. - In the garden, is a stone tomb. It was a rich man’s, to a preacher he gave. If you.....
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Trials and Triumphs: Adventures in Christianity #3 – Walk by Faith
If God is There, He is There When we face the edge of death, especially for our children, it can be agonizing. We must remember that God is still with us, and our commitment to Him hasn’t changed. In this.....
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Around the Supper Table #220 – The Proving Ground
“His lord said unto him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.” - Matthew 25:23 One of.....
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Around the Supper Table #219 – But Job
“Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, And said, ‘Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the.....
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Jalapeno Fig Jam
Print In West Texas, we can't always be picky about what we grow. We have to learn to like some of the plants we have. Our fig trees are starting to produce more and more, and Nana does not have.....
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Around the Supper Table #218 – Missionary or Mission Field
“We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it.....
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