Look for graduation cards, and you see the owl motif often. After all, he’s a wise fellow, right? Nope! A quick search reveals many species of birds are wiser than the owl. “But, it turns out, though they’re excellent hunters, owls probably aren’t any smarter than a lot of other birds. In fact, they may […]
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! The Essence of Humility (via Celebrate Lit) toured 20 blogs over the last two weeks! Each of the bloggers spent their time reading and reviewing the book. How humbling. And they left so many great comments. A few are shared below. If I included all the kudos, the post […]
Giggle away! Christmas is over, right?! Found myself today with some unexpected time on my hands. First thought: Let’s post the recipes from the newest volume in the Cinnamah-Brosia collection, The Essence of Humility. Great idea? Not so quick. . . Then I discovered two missing recipes from the Christmas volume: The Essence of Joy! Italian Christmas Bread or Panettone […]
Come Take a Sneak Peak Into The Essence of Humility . . . The Essence of Flax in the Bible Botanical Name: Linum usitatissimum; all portions of the plant used for clothing, food, and more; native to the Fertile Crescent (Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Egypt, southeastern Turkey and western Iran) My grandmother knew […]
This cloud formation stopped me in my tracks yesterday — Thursday of Holy Week. I snapped the pic and sat contemplating what I was seeing. Certainly, it captured the power and majesty of God. Later in the day I showed it to my 10 year old granddaughter. After it blew her mind a bit, too, […]
Aromas immediately transport us to good memories – and bad ones. My grandmother baked most yummy cinnamon streusel coffee cakes every week. Definitely reminiscent of a wonderful memory, the aroma of cinnamon immediately transports me to her kitchen and the desire to spend time with her again. On the other hand, the stench of stale […]
For those who have read The Essence of Joy, you know Volume 3 in Cinnamah-Brosia’s Inspirational Collection was presented as The Essence of Love coming in 2018. Creating a list from 1 Corinthians 13 of all the things “love is,” guess what? Every one of them whispered the word “humility” into my spirit. And. . […]
The wee hours of this morning two seemingly disconnected thoughts ran around my mind and heart. I lamented (threw a pity-party) my newest book, The Essence of Joy, is super-slow gaining sales traction. “Forgive me God, but do you know what you’re doing?” I queried the Almighty. Opening a brand new journal these words jumped […]
Advent. The word provides a reminder to live in a state of anticipation, foretaste, expectancy, joy and hope. As October winds down, look around. Holiday decorations appear almost as quickly as Halloween disappears. Where’s the anticipation, the foretaste, the expectancy, the joy and hope in the waiting for Christmas Day to arrive? Most are so […]
“Why do you seek the living among the dead?” the two angels asked of the women coming to His tomb with their spices, “He is not here, but He has been resurrected!” Why did they seek the living among the dead? Why do we? We look to so many lifeless substitutes for the God shaped […]
