Lightning Speed

Friday already?!

All week I've felt about a day behind because of Memorial Day - I'm heading into the office on my day off to get caught up!

But I'm heading there in jeans!

I made a whole wheat bagel + peanut butter + almonds with a drizzle of honey this morning.  Delicious!

A great pair with Fat Puppy Harar.

I'm off!

Worship

Someone once asked me how I (and clergy in general) worship on Sunday mornings when there are so many other things going on.

The answer?  I don't.  Not fully, anyway.  There's just too much going on.

I am a firm believer that worship does not have to happen on Sunday mornings and it does not have to happen within the walls of the church building.  As important as it is to be part of some kind of church or worship community, I think it is equally important to find ways to nurture your spiritual needs outside of the traditional 'church' worship service.

The lack of 'complete' worship on Sunday morning doesn't bother me because I find myself worshiping in so many other ways and places

I worship on Tuesday nights when I sit in my office working and hear the choir rehearsing above me.  I worship in the late afternoon when I am peacefully pulling weeds in the vegetable garden with my sweet husband.  I worship anytime I have my camera in my hand and I am framing the perfect shot.  I worship when I listen to one of my favorite songs on repeat.

And I worship on long walks at dusk.

It was a great night for worship!

Homemade.

I love coming home after a long day and trying something new in the kitchen!

Today my goal was homemade croutons - no recipes, just intuition.

I haven't quite fine tuned the baking temperature and time but the flavor was spot on!

Bruce made a pizza and I served mine alongside a huge romaine + crouton salad.  Ranch dressing.

Any suggestions on the baking time?  The oven was set at 400 degrees because of the pizza, but I have a feeling that was too high.  325?  350?