Sanctification, Recipes, and Baking Like Grandma
Sanctification. It was just a vocabulary word to me for a long time. But this year, through a series of experiences, I've come to understand it better. This particular image came from a series of emails with a friend. Maybe it's just the way I'm wired...to understand anything better when it's connected to fluffy, gluten-full bread...but maybe it's how you're wired to, so I think maybe God laid it on my heart to share this. My Grandma Anna was known for being the best cook any of us had ever known. Even her old, German, midwestern friends who were great cooks themselves, would say, "Well, my rolls are nothing like Anna's, or This is 'Anna's' recipe." She made egg noodles, yeast rolls, German bierock and peppernut cookies all from scratch. There was nothing in the world like them. As she got older, my sister knew Grandma wouldn't be around forever and asked her for her recipes. Grandma laughed, "I don't have recipes! It...