Faith Shapes

New Year, New Me!

10 Tips to "Lighten Up"! 1. Listen to music that makes my heart "sing!" 2. Check the lighting in my enviroment. Am I getting enough light? Enough sunshine? 3. Play. 4. Pray, even if I can only imagine the face of someone whom I want to "send care." 5, Fruits and veggies are my best friends! 6. Keep records. 7. Feng-Shui has it right! Energy (good and bad) is within our homes. De-clutter! 8. Eyesight is precious. Use it to see friends, family, nature, and new places! 9. Imagine myelf weightless a… READ MORE

Peanut Butter Cookies

2 ½ cups all-purpose flour ½ tsp baking soda ½ tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt (increase to 1 tsp, if using unsalted butter) ½ pound salted butter, softened 1 cup brown sugar, packed 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup extra-crunchy peanut butter 2 large eggs 2 tsp vanilla extract 1 cup roasted salted peanuts, ground to resemble bread crumbs Preheat oven to 350°. Whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside. With electric mixer, beat butter until creamy. Add sugars; beat until fluffy, about 3 mi…
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Son Light

"...Walk as children of light---for the fruit of the light results in all goodness, righteousness, and truth."  Ephesians 5:8-9   (Holman Bible) January is many things:  celebrations, resolutions, new diets, exercise programs....and more resolutions.  But if I was only allowed one word to describe January, it would be "gray."   Here in East Tennessee the skies are gray, the roads are gray, the tree trunks and limbs are gray, and very often it seems to seep so deeply into my soul that my s…
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