I should know better by now than to attempt the impossible at Christmas. But year after year I have the same problem with my family’s recipe for white cream cookies. They are a type of cookie that is not too sweet, not crispy at all, but instead oh-so-deliciously soft in texture. Imagine that a traditional … More If Mennonite Recipes Were Honest
Thank you to the Niverville Citizen for publishing my commentary article in their Dec. 1, 2024 issue. This is an updated reflection based on my Advent blog posts I wrote last year on the themes of hope, peace, joy and love which I entitled Deconstruction Advent. Check out this version (below) and CLICK HERE to … More Deconstructing Christmas: An Interfaith Celebration of the Holidays
How do you celebrate traditional holidays as an interfaith couple? My husband Daniel, a secular humanist, and I, a contemplative mystic, left Christian evangelicalism a few years ago. This Advent series has allowed us to explore and articulate what is still meaningful to both of us about the holidays. We’ve covered various traditions, astrophysics, deconstruction, … More Deconstructing Advent Part Four: Love
We’re over half-way through our interfaith celebration of the winter seasonal holidays as a pseudo-Christian/Atheist family! Wait, what? How does one even begin to celebrate traditional holidays now that you’ve deconstructed and come to some very different worldviews as a couple? I’m glad you asked – as did so many others over the past while. … More Deconstructing Advent Part Three: Joy
The Prairie Thistle 