New York and the East Coast

  • New York and the East Coast

    Manhattan Veggie Sammy w/Chipotle Pepper Spread

    It’s Meatless Monday, everyone! Well, it is in this house, anyway. 🙂 Not sure if I’ll post meatless recipes EVERY Monday, but I’m going to do my best. I’ve been pretty infatuated with vegetarian food lately, especially if you throw some crab or shrimp in there. 😀 Seriously, I’ve been craving vegetables for the past month, and have chosen vegetarian options over meat options more than I ever remember doing. Take, for instance, what happened when we walked into a deli in Manhattan during my recent trip to the east coast. It was somewhere near Grand Central Station. I can’t for the life of me remember right now what it…

  • New York and the East Coast

    Prayer and Laughter

    I’m back! Eight glorious days on the east coast … and oh, how we laughed. Irma Pressley and Sherri Youngward are two of my very closest friends. I think what I love the most about them is that we default to our twelve-year-old selves whenever we’re together, but we also can (and do) share our deep thoughts. And there’s just something healing about having friends you can laugh with one minute and pray with the next. We gathered in Bellmawr, New Jersey for Irma’s ladies’ Christmas Tea. Sherri led worship for the gathering, and I gave a message. Sherri and I were also in Red Bank and Old Bridge together,…