Author: Gertrude

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    Thimble Cookies

    Kid-favorite cookies These thimble cookies are a favorite for kids to help make and to eat!  Actually, adults like them as much as the children do. Ever since I can remember, we’ve been making these cookies. They’re called “thimble” because you put a dent about the size of a thimble in the middle of a…

  • 400 Years of Silence

    Pre-silence: fig leaf promise. Before the fig leaves were dry on Adam and Eve’s new garden clothing, God promised a way out for their sin.  He signified it by providing garments of skin (animal clothing) – no doubt from the sacrifice of an animal. He promised a Savior. God led His people through the Red…

  • Family Friction and Holidays

    Family Friction. Friction in families is inevitable. Some families have more friction than others. Even a family who seldom has friction still experiences times when disagreements happen and friction occurs. Every family has times when discord threatens to divide. So what’a a person – or a family – to do when the holidays threaten to…

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