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On Magic, Tradition & Sacred Tables
by Robin Dance With all my heart I believe in magic. Oh, how I hope we’re the same, you and me. Not rabbits out of hats or the dark and mystical, only in the sweetest sense of the word– The things...
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A Feast of Gratitude
by Kristin Schell “Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” ~ A. A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh “What was your favorite Thanksgiving,...
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Thankful
by Kris O merciful Creator, your hand is open wide to satisfy the needs of every living creature: Make us always thankful for your loving providence; and grant that we, remembering the account we must...
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For When You Think You Don’t Have Enough {on Quiet Hospitality}
by Lisha Epperson“But oh! GOD is in his holy Temple! Quiet everyone—a holy silence. Listen!” (Habakkuk 2:20 MSG) I’m at home with the littlest lovelies. Chailah has a cold and the deal-breaking...
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Re-defining Home
by Abby KaskyNine years ago my husband and I owned a new home in a suburban community. We had two cars that dependably carted us up and down the highway during our daily fifty-five minute commute. Our...
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A Confession of a Ragamuffin Princess
by Robin DanceI am not a tidy Christian. My faith is tried and tested, battered and bruised…a totter of belief dogged by doubt. There have been seasons I’ve flirted with walking away from it all (as if...
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Eating Simply, Eating Well
by Christie PurifoyA friend and I were talking about all of the books and blogs and articles we had recently encountered whose subject was that elusive thing called simplicity. Food, we decided, must...
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We Are All Picky Eaters
by Christie PurifoyThe Ten Commandments say nothing about picky eaters. I know this, yet I’ll be honest and tell you I just now double checked to be sure. Now I want to attach an asterisk at “honor...
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Blessed are the Caretakers
by Kamille ScellickAs I’m chopping vegetables to saute in my cast iron pot, one of my daughters runs up asking if I will dance with her. Flustered, thinking, “can’t she see I’m in the middle of making...
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Making Peace With The Life I Love
by Lisha EppersonWaiting with my family on the subway platform my teen aged son asked “what’s wrong mom?” I was doing it again. The verbal parrying taking place in my head had left a scowl on my face....
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After The Storm
by Bronwyn JardinMy father’s big hands light a hurricane lamp and pull a porch chair closer to his. With a gentle touch on my shoulder, he bids me sit. Trembling joints remind me I have not rested once...
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Happy Birthday GraceTable~A Letter To Our Readers (Plus A Giveaway)
by KrisDearest readers, It’s hard to believe it’s been 2 years since the table was set in this quiet space. In the midst of the flurry of fall and working on other projects, I forgot that November is...
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Grief, Gratitude, and Turkey Stuffing
by Christie PurifoyThanksgiving was the first holiday we celebrated after moving to this old red-brick farmhouse in southeastern Pennsylvania. Tomorrow, we will celebrate our fifth Thanksgiving in this...
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The Kindness of Strangers
by Robin DanceIt was a day of inconveniences, the kind where you wonder if you’ll be able to get it all done. Since I was driving out of town the next day, taking my car to the shop for its past due...
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When Everything Feels Too Frivolous or Too Urgent
by Alia Joy HagenbachI’ve been mostly absent from social media for the past few months. I come and go but mostly I’ve been offline trying to live into my present. Living in the now is no small task. We...
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Come, Taste and See
by K. C. IretonA drizzly Tuesday afternoon in late summer found me at the grocery store, picking up a dozen items that we’d somehow managed to miss on our weekly shopping trip over the weekend. I am...
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They Said It Would Get Better
by Grace P. ChoI remember when we first moved back to California, and the nightly nightmares began. He’d scream at the top of his lungs, and I’d jolt awake with my heart racing; anger, frustration,...
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