While shopping at my favorite store, I visited the ladies room.  As I was the only one in there, I heard the door open, and I could hear someone speaking as she entered the next stall.

With a slightly frail-sounding voice, she said... "Lord, I thank you that I made it here today.  But Lord, you know my legs hurt so bad.  Lord, please help me make it home.  God, you know I have one more stop to make and a 30 minute drive to go.  Give me strength to make my trip home.  Help me, Lord.  Tou...

When I met Mr. Moser, he was just released from the hospital and needed to convalesce in a personal care home. I was registered with the hospital, so he was sent to my house. He fell in love with me and my daughters, and we eventually married. He was a little older than I but in good mental and physical health. He had been a music teacher, very active in his community, and was a godly man with a wonderful sense of humor. There was a lot of laughter in our home.

Throughout our years toge...

Pastor's note: The following is an email sent to my neighbor after having her 3 daughters (ages 6-13) over to my house for a Christmas "cooking class."  All names have been changed to protect the guilty :)  I hope you enjoy our new links!

Hi Grace!

Just wanted to report that the girls behaved excellently in their first session of "Aunt Connie's Cooking Class."  Everyone had their own chores, and were kept busy.

We began class by having those who could write, take down the 2 recipes we ...

Several years ago, a pastor friend of mine, who also happened to be an electrician, came to do some work for me. I had a small tool shed close to the back of the house, and he was going to run electricity to it. When it came time to connect to the electric box in the basement, he asked me to go in and throw the breaker.

I had a mid-sized house dog at that time, and if I was gone for a long while and she couldn’t get outside, she would go to the dark side of the basement to potty. It...

Hello, My Boys...

Just a few lines to ask how you both are doing and to let you know that your "Grandmudder" is about the same. You know how I can get myself into some silly situations.

While sorting through the freezer the other day, I discovered
an ice cream container with coffee, a paper coffee filter,
and a measuring scoop in it. Needing the container, I
emptied the coffee into a plastic bag, laid the filter on
the table and put the scoop in the dishpan.

Later I had some errands to ...

Hi Boys,

Thought I'd drop you a few lines,  to let you know what your old 'grandmudder' has been up to. Not a whole lot going on here at the Homeplace...dog and I sitting around after supper on a quiet Sunday evening. It has been a bit of a bummer weekend, not that you guys ever have those, ha-ha.

I began yesterday like any other Saturday morning, so I thought, with no other plans but to sleep late and just putsy around the house. I had rented 3 movies the night before and just intend...

January, 2007

I woke up this morning to snow, a sink full of dirty dishes, and yesterday's coffee.
Even worse, I had slept past the first 20 minutes of my favorite soap opera!
Argh, it must be Monday...

On Christianity in America:

It is twilight, and the wolves are encircling the sheepfold. Freedoms of religion and speech are eroding and those on the watchtower are asleep.

Arise, watchmen and sound the alarm..."run to the Harvest field,  for night is coming when no man can work". Je...

As I was packing for a business trip, my three year old daughter was having fun playing on the bed. At one point she said, "Daddy... look at this," sticking out two of her fingers.

Trying to keep her entertained, I leaned over and took her tiny fingers into my mouth, and said "Daddy's gonna eat your fingers," pretending to eat them before I rushed out of the room again.

When I returned, my daughter was standing in the middle of the bed staring at her fingers, with a devastated look on h...

I was driving down the main street in my home town, on my way to pick up my grandson from work.  Of course, the light turned red by the time I reached the intersection.  A funeral procession was approaching from the opposite direction, and made a right hand turn at the light.  I was thinking about the departed, and how the long string of cars following the hearse represented the mourners.  That person was loved, I thought.  The traffic light changed and I was on my way again.

I hadn't...

Today I saw a curious thing, most humans never see.
I was looking at a dragonfly, and he was looking back at me.

He had landed on my kitchen screen, the window open wide.
I wondered what had drawn him there, as I watched him from inside.

He seemed so very busy, although I didn't have a hunch.
He wasn't just a-passing through, he'd stopped by for lunch!

Putting on my glasses, I crept slowly 'cross the rug.
"No need to fear he'll fly away, he's munching on a bug!"

Pastor Moser
September 23, 2002

This year, my summer cold delayed its annual arrival.
It waited till fall, to gather strength, and I feared for my survival!

First came the coughing, then weepy eyes, the stuffy head and sneezing...
The runny nose, with one side blocked, and finally the wheezing.

Swallowing pills, drinking juice, then taking to my bed...
Watching TV around the clock, and wishing I were dead.

Feed a cold? Starve a cold?... has always been the question...
"Too sick to cook; just eat junk!"...that answer seemed ...

In the fall of 1966, I was visiting a friend in Akron, Ohio. I had just returned from 3 months of Bible School in Texas, and was full of the fire of God.

Barbara and her husband lived in the city in a second floor apartment. They had 3 little girls at that time, and they were all about my own daughter's age. Our husbands ran around doing "men" things during the day, and the children played while Barb and I cooked, cleaned, and shared many things in the Lord. It was a great 2 weeks for...

I have several memories of playing on the front porch, at the Homeplace, as a kid.

Of course, it wasn't as large or as fancy as it is now, nor did we have things called "porch furniture" to sit on, back then. We kids just sat on the old wooden floor.

The rafters were rough and unpainted, and there was no finished ceiling... just a few weather-beaten boards laid over the dark beams, more for storage than trying to fashion a ceiling.

I remember one hot summer afternoon, a playmate and I ...

Don't you just love household tips? Here are several a friend sent me, that seem very helpful. I have tried a few and so far so good. If you try any, please email me with your results and/or any new tips of your own!

This amazing two ingedient cake is so good that one piece isn't enough!

1 Box Angel Food Cake mix
1 20 oz. can of Crushed Pineapple (undrained)

Preheat oven to 350

In mixing bowl blend together cake mix and pineapple on low speed for 30 seconds scraping down sides of bowl with spatula, and then beat on medium speed for one minute.

Pour into an ungreased 9x13 baking pan and bake 25-30 minutes until lightly brown on top. Cool completely, cut into squares, and serve with Cool Whip or vanilla...

Welcome to the first posting of  Recipes From the Old Kitchen Table.

I want to honor my mother with the very first recipe. She is with Jesus now but her birthday was in July, so my sisters decided to bake a cake on that special day, in memory of  Mom.

Of course, it had to be her very favorite. She had several versions of Mayonnaise Cake in her recipe box, but Applesauce Mayonnaise Cake with raisins was the one she made most of the time. And it HAD to have peanut butter icing...