pancake muffins

Sounds tasty hm? I thought so too. Hence the reason why I tried to bake them this morning. The process was just fine, everything was going well. The muffins cooked until golden brown and their aroma + a fresh pot of coffee was the perfect scent to welcome in the morning. The muffins turned out A O.K., but the maple syrup glaze (where did I ever get the novel idea I could make a glaze?) acted more like glue than a lovely little glaze. After I was able to separate my teeth again, I tried them sans glaze and they were light and delicious. Here's the recipe if you feel so inclined: click right here. Now it's time to finish my cup of coffee and finish packing for my next adventure.

i love a good question

"What's your favorite sentence?"

-Cecilia Liu

thankful

My apologies for a lack of writing lately. This season of life has been so full. Like other seasons of growth, the learning curve is steep but worth the change and the joy that is exchanged for new depths. One would think, as I am so prone to as well, that in clarity everything will be more simple, more reasonable even. My mind wakes most mornings reeling through what lies ahead on the most daily of tasks and the form of the future. The truth is that clarity in and of itself doesn't hold all the answers in it's grip. I'm drawn back to the satiation for my longing, found only in Christ Himself.

creativity with a cause

one of the blogs i check almost everyday. also, one of those ideas that you just wish you had enough gumption to carry out: the uniform project.

lessons from habakkuk 2:1

Our church family at IECC has been walking through the book of Habakkuk. We're covering the book in just 3 weeks, but it's been refreshing to really understand the context and gain fresh perspective. Last week (sorry about the delay) we worked through Habakkuk 1:12-2:20. My pen began to scribble in overdrive when we began reading in chapter 2. Habakkuk is speaking of the Lord in verses 1 which reads:

I will take my stand at my watchpost and

[ascend to gain fresh perspective]

station myself on the tower,

[be faithful]

and look out to see what He will say to me,

[be teachable]

and what I will answer concerning my complaint.

[respond in humility]

Oh how my heart needed that [fresh perspective]. Far too often I'm tempted to dissect my circumstances until I'm so focused on them that what matters has become part of my blurred peripheral vision. The Lord gently guided me back to my 'watchpost' to gaze at his Sovereignty and rest in truth.