• 7 Layer Bars: Great for anytime of the Year

    7 Layer Bars: Great for anytime of the Year

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    Don’t you love recipes that are tried and true, delicious, loved by most, and simple to make? For all the above reasons, I love these bar cookies! They go by many names like, “Magic Bars,” or “Hello Dollies.” But since they are made up of seven layers of ingredients, I call them “7 Layer Bars.” …


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  • Sharing the Extraordinary Christmas Story in Ordinary Places

    Sharing the Extraordinary Christmas Story in Ordinary Places

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    Every Christmas story, play or nativity includes shepherds. When my kids were small, we dug through the closets to find costumes for our own Christmas story reenactment. Being the only girl, I was, of course, always Mary. The baby at the time was Jesus, and another kid would be a shepherd with a towel or …


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  • The Surprise of Christmas

    The Surprise of Christmas

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     It is easy to be surprised by how quickly Christmas seems to creep up. I am not sure why this is, since we are reminded about it daily for quite awhile. It isn’t as if the retail stores have tried to keep it a secret for the last two months! I am also always surprised how …


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