by Kelli Donley | Mar 8, 2010 | Faith, Good to Great
Yesterday, our sermon was focused on compassion. The minister — Jeff — said compassion is often confused for charity or pity. Really, compassion is trying to understand the other side and find similarities, not providing platitudes or feeling superior by...
by Kelli Donley | Feb 17, 2010 | CAOK, Faith, Journal, Kitchen Talk
Paired with some greens for dinner last night. The new farmer’s market at ASU started yesterday and I spent way too much money on way too little — but the flavors were wonderful. Plus, I’m learning that it is often not cost/time effective to do the...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 26, 2010 | Community, Faith
If there is a theme to my closest circle of childhood friends, it’s that we all attended United Methodist churches as youth. We were a part of Methodist Youth Fellowship. This means we spent our summers playing late-night, sweaty, parking lot volleyball...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 16, 2010 | Community, Faith, Flora and Fauna
With the 25 citrus trees we planted last Spring and the 50 fruit trees we planted yesterday, our community garden is starting to resemble an orchard. (That’s Thelma’s date palm! Every time I see it, I smile.) We had more than 40 volunteers come to the...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 24, 2009 | Celebrate!, Faith
May your stocking be full of goodies, your heart full of love, your table surrounded by those who make you your happiest and may peace reign! ~K
by Kelli Donley | Nov 29, 2009 | Adventathon, Celebrate!, Faith, handmade, Tutorial
Advent begins today, some 26 days before Christmas. I don’t remember ever celebrating advent with any great fanfare as a child, but have coveted intricate and beautiful advent calendar traditions during the last few years. I am particularly fond of this calendar...
