One of the great joys of a traditional local church is the congregational hymn singing.  This is a time for the members to bring praise to God and to edify each other, and it is so enjoyable!  The pianist can be a great help or a hindrance to this experience. A few of my piano teachers taught me a little about hymn playing, but I really progressed the most in my hymn playing by actually doing it.  It’s an interesting thing, this hymn playing....

How to be a Low-Maintenance Church Member In every church in which I’ve been a member, it has been a goal of mine to be a low-maintenance church member.  I want my pastor to not have to worry about me, whether I will need some exhortation or constant building up lest I fall off the deep end into sin or apathy.  I want my pastor and his wife to see...

    “Let Them Minister With Joy”… ...

  A month ago I planned to sew together a gift to give to my parents who were coming for a visit near the time of their birthdays.  I also wanted to send with them home with a throw blanket for my grandma who is home-bound and whose birthday was also coming up.  The days clicked by, and my parents’ visit was suddenly upon me!  I had just...

Attachment Parenting is a style of child-rearing that is growing in popularity.  This parenting method was founded and promoted by Dr. Bill Sears whose research supposedly supports the notion that a mainly child-centered parenting will basically solve all of society’s ills by producing “adults with a highly developed capacity for empathy and connection” ...

My mother’s side of the family is Slavic. Consequently, the big family gatherings were filled with delicious and plentiful foods.  One staple of the dessert table was Poppy Seed Bread.  Now, the truly traditional pastry was a little different from what I’m used to.  You can find a good recipe for that here.  It is basically a rolled sweet bread with the poppy seed filling inside.  Kind of like cinnamon rolls but baked all together and...

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