Posted by in Love it! It’s supposed to be Spring, but alas, this is Canada. Snow falls; warm comfort food calls. Ingredients: 4 oz thinly sliced prosciutto (appr 6 slices) or cubed prosciutto (found in deli section) (Bacon works too) splash of olive oil 2 tbsp unsalted butter 1 yellow onion, finely chopped (appr 2 cups) 2 celery stalks,…Read more »
Posted by in Devotionals, Stories Fear scares stuff out of you. For real. My Max loves to sneak around the house. He is forever hiding behind doors, under furniture and in closets waiting for the perfect opportunity to jump out and scare somebody. It almost backfired today. He was home sick from school. Yesterday he was lay-on-the-couch-sleep-all-day sick. Today, it…Read more »
Posted by in Love it! You will eat it. You will love it. You will dream about it. It’s that good. Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil 4 Chicken breasts, cut into strips salt and pepper for seasoning 1 tsp olive oil 1 large onion, finely chopped 4 cloves of garlic, crushed 1 small red pepper, seeded and chopped 1…Read more »
Posted by in Devotionals, Stories I need to begin with a bit of background. It will be brief to condense what could easily become a rather long, emotional rabbit trail, but it will help to set the scene. The year Shay entered Grade One and Koby started Kindergarten was a tough one. We had moved three times in under a…Read more »
Posted by in Love it! In a recent Bible Study, I was asked to look back over the last 18 months and briefly list what had filled them. As I made my bullet points, I couldn’t help but get a little teary. Seeing the fullness of that time reduced to brief phrases was humbling and reinforced a point: the time we…Read more »
Posted by in Devotionals, Stories Life is busy. Feeling like I might drown in the piles that grew around me, (both metaphorical and physical) I decided to stop worrying about tomorrow, and only deal with the issues of the present day. I am not superwoman and cannot do it all, but for today, I will try. I have since discovered…Read more »
Posted by in Love it! Time marches onward, and though I can hardly believe it, this week marks the one year anniversary of A Space for Grace. I clearly remember the trepidation with which I sat down at my computer, put a bit of my heart onto the screen and clicked “Publish.” My stomach was anxiously tied up in knots as I contemplated the…Read more »
Posted by in Devotionals Juxtapose. To place items or events together for the purpose of comparison or contrast. Often done deliberately to highlight differences. 50 Shades of Grey. A joining of pleasure and pain. Deliberately presented on a date associated with love. Hundreds of millions of dollars are sacrificed as people watch. Pain inflicted. Pain endured. In the name of pleasure. In…Read more »
Posted by in Devotionals, Stories I have a confession of sorts to make. I have signed up to run (?) a 10 km race. The people I’ve shared this with tend to react with shocked surprise, which they quickly attempt to mask. This does not bode well for me. I know. You are probably wondering what on God’s green earth…Read more »
Posted by in Devotionals, Stories I see a bride. She is beautiful, dressed in white. The bride begins to run. She stumbles and falls. Her dress rips and stains in her struggle to get back up. This bride, she does get up. Struggling to her feet, she throws the train of her dress over her arm, and starts to run…Read more »
A Space for Grace 