What Happens When We Share – and CHEESY #kitchentherapy!
Happy 3rd of July. The house is quiet. I’m sitting at the table drinking my third cup of coffee, wearing leftover workout pants and yesterday’s hair. The echo of...
Why We Need to Gather – and simple summer sides of #kitchentherapy
“I want to teach you a Latin phrase this morning,” the good vicar smiles. “Lex orandi. Lex credendi."
It was the first time I had ever heard the words -...
What We Should Serve at the Table – plus #kitchentherapy with angel biscuits and birthday cookies
I sent a note yesterday to a friend. She and her family have taken up my offer to visit CasaRock for good food, great conversation, and a night's rest...
Hospitality isn’t a Gift – Plus #KitchenTherapy with TWO Sweet Treats
Some folks say hospitality is a spiritual gift.
I beg to differ.
I think there are most certainly gifts that are divinely inspired – mine are exhortation, leadership, and wisdom (though...
The Purpose of Pain (and pain-free #kitchentherapy with wine)
This week, #kitchentherapy takes on pain and soothes it by wining a lot. Yes, there’s wine in the meal and wine in the dessert and wine with your bread...
Be Kind to You – and #kitchentherapy for a big, beautiful BFD
Happy Monday! It's World Kindness Day. It's been an officially observed day since 1998, when a group of nonprofits thought it would be nice to focus on what’s good...
What’s Communion, anyway? plus #kitchentherapy with wine (and a Freckled Frosé)
At CasaRock, communion is more than Sunday mornings and the liturgy we love at Church of the Cross. On Sunday nights, we gather, we yield, we receive at the...
Maybe We Need Simple Right Now – and #kitchentherapy for Nell
Three ingredients.
A clapboard church. A cookie recipe. And a woman who is "eighty-three and four-fifths."
You might think this #kitchentherapy story is a bit too simple. I encourage...
I’m a Recovering Independent – plus #kitchentherapy and the best lemon pie!
I know I’ve written this a hundred times, but we are built for belonging and we are crafted for community. It’s made evident every time we receive the perfect...
Fear, Insecurity, and a Little #KitchenTherapy – Cauliflower Couscous and Full Cups
It has been a week of “oh hey fear, fancy meeting you here" moments. Have you ever had them? I wasn’t counting on being tapped on the shoulder by...
#kitchentherapy with dreamers: Prosecco Peaches
If you know me, you know I love to make desserts but I don’t necessarily love to eat them. But every now and then, I discover something I can’t...
#kitchentherapy and hospitality: Kaia’s happy meal
Sometimes, the best ideas come from things that don't happen - like a family dinner.
Today, it's about #kitchentherapy and the practice of hospitality. I'm sharing my thoughts about what...
