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Butter Chicken {from Heaven}

I’m on a cumin kick right now.  I used to think it was exclusively a White Chicken Chili seasoning {smashing recipe to come as the temperate drops}, and just didn’t realize how much I loved it until a friend suggested I toss some in my hummus.  Woah nelly. I’m sold.  I’m hooked.  I’m slowly cumin to my senses. So starry-eyed… Read More

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Brigadeiro {yum yum}

I was thinking about one of my younger sisters. I’ve got three words for you… easy.  decadent.  gorgeous. What more could you possibly want in life?  I mean seriously. What was I saying?  Oh, yes.  I’ve been thinking about my sis…and the gorgeous little balls of chocolatey deliciousness she brought to our older sister’s baby shower a while back. {What… Read More

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Hearty ‘Tater Soup

As you may recall, we have an awful lot of spuds around here. Two studs. Lots of spuds. So it’s only natural that a soup lovin’ girl throws them in a pot and makes comfort food from a bunch of ‘em, right? I thought so. Besides, anything with bacon is comfort food.  Oh, and cream cheese.  Cream cheese rocks my… Read More

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Ode to Brie

Delectable Brie {with a capital ‘D’} I will here spread the word, for all to see Apples & crackers delish, nutty stackers, So creamy and rich, divine spreadability Oh, scrumptious brie How I do adore thee I just wish you would not have such an effect upon me You start at my lips And hop straight to my hips I… Read More

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Butternut Bliss {in a Bowl}

I’m slightly attached to October.  And I must admit, I’m not quite ready to let her go.  October spells Autumn in all her kaleidoscopic glory, marital celebration in all it’s annual bliss, jeans ‘n socks in all their hairy-leg-shrouding convenience, and…well, November is just too close to December. And to say I’m not ready for Christmas – despite my utter… Read More

Food, Garden

The Glorious Morning of Muffins

Because I’m addicted to muffins I wanted you to really be able to visualize the magnificence that is the Morning Glory Muffin, I’m doing somewhat of a repeat post. Aren’t I so thoughtful?  You don’t answer that.  Really. I shared this {favorite} recipe in June, but for some unknown reason only had phone-camera photos to share with you, which fall… Read More

Food, Health

Autumn Kissed Tilapia

The air is crisp, the leaves are every shade of awesome, and the sun continues to warmly kiss our cheeks.  Autumn glamour meets Indian Summer simplicity. I’m in! What’s a girl to cook when citrus hues are the color of choice, clean and crisp is the mode, and the gloriously stubborn summer sun refuses to fully release her grasp? Why,… Read More

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Because You Can’t Live Without This

If you expected this to be a deeply spiritual post…I’m sorry to disappoint you. But I would like to fatten you up! Sort of. It’s about fudge. And it’ll rock your world.  So I guess it is deeply spiritual in an unorthodox sort of way.  At least that’s what it does to me.  It makes me thankful to be alive. … Read More

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Dip It

Why is Bug smiling? Because he has just experienced his very first peanut butter dipping bowl.       And I think he liked it.

Food, The Kiddos

Peter Piper Picked

Peter Piper picked a peck of {vibrantly colored, deliciously home-grown} Peppers And wondered what on earth to do with the lot So he lopped off their tops, disemboweled ‘em and popped them into an oven-proof dish He stuffed them with ground venison, cooked rice & cheese Cooked and served ‘em, coz he does aim to please   {attempt at a… Read More

Food, Garden

Pasta with Vodka-Cream Sauce

Goodness gracious me.  I’m in love.  With a sauce.  That just happens to have an awful lot of vodka and heavy whipping cream in it. Scandalous, I know. Get over it.  It’s that good. I made this for my sweet {non-meat-eating} sister last week when she came over to hang out with me {and ended up helping me dig up… Read More

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Going Tropical One Last Time

As the warm days of summer begin to fade and the chilly Autumn breeze stirs up thoughts of hot cider and pumpkin pie…I’m in denial over here in my deck chair, thinking happy thoughts of Key Lime Pie and Pina Colada Fruit Dip. *Notice I said “thinking”…not “eating”.  Both were fixed for our birthday bash in August – before my… Read More

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Before the empty tomb, there was a basin. Before Before the empty tomb,
there was a basin.

Before glory,
there was grief.

The Jesus Way is not dominance.
It’s downward mobility.
It’s loving in the face of betrayal.
Serving in the face of misunderstanding.
Choosing humility when pride would be easier.

If loving like Jesus feels costly, you’re not doing it wrong.
It has always cost something.

🎧 Episode 017 | The Jesus Way is now streaming.

#OhGoodGriefPodcast #SimplyBloomCo #TheJesusWay
How's your internal monologue? Be brutally honest How's your internal monologue?
Be brutally honest here.

Are you actually kind to yourself?
Do you practice curiosity + compassion
when your emotions + responses catch you
off guard and feel oversized for the occasion?

Are you patient and gracious with your soul's
long + messy journey of growth and healing?

Are you gentle with your heart when you mess up?
Or, do you instantly shift to shaming + blaming?

Is self-loathing a constant (albeit unwanted)
companion who lingers in the corner just
waiting for an invitation to show up with
cruel words, gasoline and a match?

For many of us, if we talked to our dearest
friends the way we talk to ourselves...
well, we wouldn't have many.

Go ahead and read that again.
Let it sink in.

/ / /

Consider this a gentle reminder
to be tender with yourself.
Speak life to your own soul.
Always, always, always be kind.

We are never more like the enemy of our souls than
when we assume the role of accuser + condemner.

Catch every negative, shaming thought you have
and see if it aligns with how God sees you (and others).

If it isn't good, kind, hopeful, constructive, grace-laced and restorative, then it doesn't belong in your head + heart.

You are, after all, allowed to be both a mess and
a masterpiece...all at the very same time.

You are so loved.
Easter reminds us that the tomb is empty. But befo Easter reminds us that the tomb is empty.
But before the resurrection, there was a towel.

In John 13, just hours before the cross,
Jesus doesn’t assert power, He kneels.
He washes the feet of Peter.
He washes the feet of Judas.
He loves them to the end.

🎙️ Episode 017 | The Jesus Way is live.

What does it look like to choose love in the middle
of betrayal, grief, disagreement, and struggle?
The way of Jesus isn’t flashy.
 It’s faithful.

🎧 Listen wherever you stream podcasts.

#OhGoodGrief #TheJesusWay  #KnownByLove
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So very thankful for the life that came from his d So very thankful for the life
that came from his death.

May you know how wildly, wholly
and wonderfully you are loved…

“This is how much God loved the world:
He gave his Son, his one and only Son.
And this is why: so that no one need be
destroyed; by believing in him, anyone
can have a whole and lasting life.
God didn’t go to all the trouble of
sending his Son merely to point an
accusing finger, telling the world
how bad it was. He came to help,
to put the world right again.”

John 3:16-17 | The Message

#GoodFriday #ItIsFinished

📷 Levi Lusko
Boundaries are not the opposite of love. They are Boundaries are not the opposite of love.
They are often the evidence of it.

Jesus touched lepers.
He wept with friends.
He restored the broken.

But He also corrected boldly.
He withdrew intentionally.
He did not entrust Himself to everyone.

You can forgive someone
without restoring immediate proximity.
You can love someone
without giving them full access to your life.

Episode 016 | Grace + Guardrails is available now.

#OhGoodGriefPodcast #BoundariesMatter
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Love does not require unlimited access. In Episod Love does not require unlimited access.

In Episode 016 of Oh, Good Grief, we explore what Jesus
actually modeled when it comes to boundaries.

He loved everyone.
He did not entrust Himself to everyone.
He was full of grace and truth.
He welcomed the crowds, but confided in the few.

In a world that demands access to our time, energy, and heart, this episode unpacks what it looks like to forgive without naivety, love without losing discernment, and practice grace with guardrails.

🎧 Grace + Guardrails | How Jesus Modeled Boundaries in a World
  That Demands Access is live wherever you listen to podcasts

#OhGoodGrief #GraceAndTruth #BiblicalBoundaries #FaithInRealLife
Sometimes the most honest thing we can say is: thi Sometimes the most honest thing we can say is:
this is where I am today…
but it isn’t where my story ends.

#OhGoodGriefPodcast #GodIsFaithful
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