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Image courtesy of Shannon Davidson We all have that one thing we turn to when our heart hurts, when our mind is jumbled and weary, and our soul is heavy. I want to say for me it’s always Jesus. I want to say that when life unravels me, I rest at His feet. But truthfully, last …

I often find myself eager to enter a more organized rhythm of my life at the start of the New Year. After the joyful, yet lax free-for-all that is the holiday season, I am ready to make some plans and eat my vegetables, both literally and figuratively. I think you would be hard-pressed to find many …

Join us on January 23rd Live: Roasted Veggie Prep & How to Use Them

I just wanted to send out a quick reminder for our Scripture Memory Challenge. Even though we are just getting started I hope that even now you are sensing the impact that this is going to have on your life. As you are meditating on the promises of God, His truth permeating your entire being, you …

Why look back? It would be easy to move from one year to the next and miss the moments of joy or struggle that revealed how God has been present-speaking, healing, transforming, active in our journey, and also where the Spirit is leading next.* So we want to make sure we take this opportunity and memorialize …

"Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint." Proverbs 29:18 ESV What kind of person do you want to become? Most of us don’t have any trouble coming up with a list of things we’d like to change about ourselves or the way we live. We could fill an entire page. College-ruled. I …

We are elated about the year we have ahead and believe with all our hearts that God is with us and desires for us to flourish in 2021! We are poised and ready for whatever God has planned and want to partner with Him in every way possible. It's with this in mind that we want …

While many might be looking forward to tossing 2020 aside, it is aways worth pausing to reflect on the year before moving ahead. Co-founder Danielle Stickel shares her perspective on this unprecedented year.

Image courtesy of Giselle Crout Last week we shared Giselle's recipe for Muesli a super easy (basically a dump and stir) recipe for family and friends. This week she shares her recipe for Eggnog Streusel Bread that could very well become a new Christmas morning tradition for you and your family! I love experimenting with breads, …

The buzz of a busy life, especially during the holiday season can distract us enough that we can enter into a holding pattern without even knowing it, cycling through the same daily tasks and thought patterns again and again. Unexpected life events can bring uncertainty and dampen our vision for the future. During these times, we …

I am a giver and I love the art of gifting. Creating or sourcing the perfect gift for someone I know and love brings me so much joy. And oh how I love wrapping presents. It is one of my favorite creative outlets, but I know not everyone feels as I do. Do you love wrapping …

Photo by Giselle Crout One of the true joys of the holidays for me is always making and baking gifts for my family, friends, and neighbors. I tend to prefer to gift homemade things over the holidays as opposed to the latest whose-its or what-its for many on my list. To me, there is something truly …

Before the days of global positioning satellites, sailors used a device called a sextant to get their navigational positioning twice each day. At dawn and dusk, they would “shoot the stars” and get a position. Using the North Star or True North as their reference point they could determine the correct course which would lead them …

A couple of months ago my daughter-in-law shared a video with me of a new food craze called hot chocolate bombs and it blew my mind. It is basically hot cocoa, but it is the way the hot cocoa is delivered that is so amazing. When you pour hot milk over the beautifully smooth delicate sphere …

This past summer I was able to travel with my two adult children to 4 national parks. With the limits of travel due to the quarantine, we made a road trip. We went to Yosemite, Grand Tetons, Yellowstone and Glacier. I made a goal of seeing the sunset in each park at least once.As I watched …

This month I have been thinking about the virtue of humility. Pondering how it can inform our relationships and even the way we respond to the latest health guidelines. (side note on vices and virtues, my latest blog post talks all about acedia, more commonly know as sloth, and how it may be showing up today.  …

There is a certain excitement that comes with the change in seasons. As ingredients begin to make their yearly reappearance, they are like long leisurely visits with old friends. Apple cider, walnuts, cranberries, and pumpkins are abundant in the fall and I try to take every opportunity I can to cook with these autumnal beauties. Celebrating …

I don’t know about you but I’m a list maker and I don’t think I could survive the holidays without my enormous super important lists. Shall we run through a few? There is the familiar guest list, menu list, recipe list, grocery list, flower/candle list, potluck list, Christmas card list, the must add charcuterie board list, …

We have a lot to be thankful for here at Salt+Clay. Our hearts are overflowing with gratitude for how God has shown up in the middle of loss, the middle of chaos, and the middle of confusion in 2020. But through it all, He has provided a respite through this virtual community that has been wholly …

Visions of family sprawled out on sofas, coffee cups strewn throughout the house, regularly scheduled programming abandoned, and extra bodies back within the embrace of home are the hopes that fill my mind as I think about gathering for the holidays. And yet, I know, this year these visions may not become reality.  Our ability to …