Mary Beth's Exciting Adventures

Mary Beth's Exciting Adventures Once upon a time I was a professional librarian. Now I online courses across a wide span of subjects and cook.

Ingredients: 16 oz. dried split peas 3 carrots 2 celery stalks (1/4 - 1/2 tsp. celery seeds optional) 6 oz. smoked sausa...
01/28/2024

Ingredients: 16 oz. dried split peas 3 carrots 2 celery stalks (1/4 - 1/2 tsp. celery seeds optional) 6 oz. smoked sausage (see image for example - your choice) 1 tsp. thyme 1 tsp. sage 1 Bay Leaf 1/2 tsp. salt (or to taste) 6 cups liquid Instructions: In a saucepan on the stove top, bring peas to boil in 2 cups of water (this will count as part of your 6 cups fluid)...

Ingredients: 16 oz. dried split peas 3 carrots 2 celery stalks (1/4 – 1/2 tsp. celery seeds optional) 6 oz. smoked sausage (see image for example – your choice) 1 tsp. thyme 1 tsp. sage…

I was preparing to make my tomato soup. It is easy to make, comforting, and delicious. I collected all the ingredients a...
01/02/2024

I was preparing to make my tomato soup. It is easy to make, comforting, and delicious. I collected all the ingredients and started cooking. I opened the canned goods and added them to the Dutch oven. As I did so, an unpleasant smell made me nauseous. I realized that it was garlic. "What? I thought. That's impossible. I never have garlic in my house." I panicked....

I was preparing to make my tomato soup. It is easy to make, comforting, and delicious. I collected all the ingredients and started cooking. I opened the canned goods and added them to the Dutch ove…

Happy New Year!
01/01/2024

Happy New Year!

I have rediscovered a better way to spend the evening: the Watch Night Service. The Watch Night Vigil is an old church tradition. Although celebrated throughout Christendom, it has deep meaning wit…

Happy New Year!
01/01/2024

Happy New Year!

I have rediscovered a better way to spend the evening: the Watch Night Service. The Watch Night Vigil is an old church tradition. Although celebrated throughout Christendom, it has deep meaning wit…

Thanks for sharing the Advent Journey. Now that Advent is over, I won't be posting as often, so please subscribe to my b...
12/25/2023

Thanks for sharing the Advent Journey. Now that Advent is over, I won't be posting as often, so please subscribe to my blog to keep abreast of new postings.

Incarnation best exemplifies the events of Christmas. Christina Rosetti’s poem “Love Came Down at Christmas” eloquently captures our sense of presence as we celebrate Jesus’…

Merry Christmas! We light the Christ Candle and share the news of Christ's birth. Thanks for letting me share my advent ...
12/25/2023

Merry Christmas! We light the Christ Candle and share the news of Christ's birth. Thanks for letting me share my advent journey with you.

Incarnation best exemplifies the events of Christmas. Christina Rosetti’s poem “Love Came Down at Christmas” eloquently captures our sense of presence as we celebrate Jesus’…

Welcome to the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Advent is 22 days this year which means at church this morning we celebrated the...
12/24/2023

Welcome to the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Advent is 22 days this year which means at church this morning we celebrated the beginning of the fourth week of Advent, and by tonight we will celebrate Christmas Eve.

37 Jesus replied:” ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is …

Advent is only 22 days this year, so as we come to the end of Week 3 Christmas is only 2 days away. Take this last oppor...
12/23/2023

Advent is only 22 days this year, so as we come to the end of Week 3 Christmas is only 2 days away. Take this last opportunity to read the short devotion on the Joy Candle.

The nativity story tells of God’s relationship with humanity. It illustrates God ripping the curtain between the heavenly realm and God’s creation. The message in the nativity story is always aston…

“In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials....
12/23/2023

“In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed” 1 Peter 1:6-7…...

“In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater wort…

Yes Santa Claus there is Joy. Share joy with someone today (remembering that not everyone can feel joy, but reach out an...
12/22/2023

Yes Santa Claus there is Joy. Share joy with someone today (remembering that not everyone can feel joy, but reach out anyway). This season can be challenging for many people, so find joy and share it.

It is 1966 and the Medical Mission Sisters release their LP “Joy is like the rain”. I was only 6 months old at that time, but this album shaped my childhood. It gave me a very young mus…

You have got to visit my most recent devotions for the candle of Joy. Joy has been a challenge for me, but guess what? I...
12/22/2023

You have got to visit my most recent devotions for the candle of Joy. Joy has been a challenge for me, but guess what? I have found it.

It is 1966 and the Medical Mission Sisters release their LP “Joy is like the rain”. I was only 6 months old at that time, but this album shaped my childhood. It gave me a very young mus…

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