Thanksgiving recipe: Crustless Cranberry Pie

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 tsp salt
2 cups cranberries
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp almond extract

Preheat the oven to 350° F. Grease a 9-inch pie pan.

In a medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, and salt. Add the cranberries and [...]

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I say, oh Lord, I want to please you!
I beg, oh Lord, for you to hear me!
I feel so lonely, so painfully
Conspicuous—
If only you didn’t trust me so!

Why, oh Lord, did you give me free will?
I would be content with your will!
I feel forlorn, as if I was
Forgotten—
If only I could see the prize!

I [...]

Picture Books for All Ages at Christmas

It is the Christmas season.  A family is filled with the cheer and joy about which many songs are written.  Decorations are in place and delicious smells float through their home.  Grandma and grandpa are visiting to help prepare for Christmas.  While working in the kitchen, little sister gets under foot and big brother volunteers [...]

Christmas Picture Book List

“My family put this booklist together a couple years ago, compiling all the Advent and Christmas books we own.  Some of the books on this list are phenomenal books that everyone should read, some are books that may not be of the same caliber but have found their way into my family’s Christmas tradition.  If [...]

Thomas Jefferson: Author of a Living Document that Still Influences Today

Introduction
Thomas Jefferson is a striking and celebrated figure as well as a ready choice for most influential American. This paper will describe Thomas Jefferson as an author, the writing of the Declaration of Independence, and how Thomas Jefferson, through the Declaration of Independence has influenced American history.

Thomas Jefferson the Chosen Author
Thomas Jefferson was thirty-three years [...]

Lucifer

“Hey listen to me!
I can set you free!
I can give you all you desire!
Who cares you’ll spend eternity in fire?
It don’t matter I look gaunt
I can give you all you want!
Just overlook my name is Lucifer,
I can give you her and her and her!
Don’t listen to that weak one
They say their faith is in the [...]

Alive

I wore sandals,

With denim straps,
The grass was wet,
I slipped,
My sandals fell off.
I dangled my feet
In delicious cold
I hoped that time
Would stop
I saw a minnow,
With a silver back,
Floating care-free
Down the creek.
I shivered,
And pulled
My cloak closer.
This is what it
Feels like
To be
Alive.

To Kill a Mockingbird: Mistreated Classic

Why is there a collective groan when the announcement is made that students have to read To Kill a Mockingbird? Why is this masterpiece written off as merely a book students are forced to read in the freshman year of high school? In this article I try to convince my peers of the workmanship, clarity, [...]

Elvis Has Left the House

What can I say about tonight? I think nothing. Just shake my head and sigh…then laugh. It would be hard to describe…but I shall try.
Friday (the 19th) marked our family’s third year in the land called Arizona. Originally we were going to celebrate that night, but we went to a Pro-life Rally instead (a post [...]