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Jessica Broberg

I'm an English Breakfast tea drinker who loves the color green. I enjoy reading, writing and baking and am a world traveler "wannabe". I am mother to three of the most amazing kids & am madly in love with my husband who just also happens to be my best friend. I am passionate about all things faith & family. We live a rather quiet & simple life...I wouldn't want it any other way.

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Holiday Biscotti Recipe

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Holiday Biscotti Recipe

Holiday Biscotti Recipe

This is a favorite Christmas cookie recipe in our house. It’s a bit of a process, but worth it! These holiday biscotti are so delicious and flavorful I’m willing to bet they’ll be a new “favorite” in your house too! Here’s the recipe…

  • 1/4. c. butter, softened
  • 1 c. sugar
  • 1 t. baking powder
  • 1/2 t. baking soda
  • 1/4 t. salt
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 t. vanilla
  • 1/4. t. almond extract
  • 2 1/2 c. flour
  • 1 1/2 t. anise seed
  • 1/2 t. fennel seed
  • 1 c. dried cranberries
  • 3/4 c. pistachios, shelled
  • 1/2 c. dried apricots, snipped (I sometimes omit these if I don’t have them on hand & I think the biscotti is just as tasty without them. But, if you’re a apricot fan, by all means, throw them in! 😉
  • 1 egg
  • 1 T. water
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Empty Arms

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empty armsMy heart is heavy. A friend is going through a great loss and it’s one that I’ve experienced myself before. Although it’s been 9 years since it happened, I find myself reliving that experience again. The day I learned that the baby I was carrying inside me no longer had life. The dreams and plans I had made for us as a family shriveling up and dying quicker than they had first arrived. Suddenly, and without warning, I was no longer a “mom.”  And the very core of my being felt hollow, lifeless like the baby inside me.

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Being the favor of God for your spouse

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favorFavor. It’s a word we don’t really use a lot in today’s society. But it’s something I’ve been praying for lately. The favor of God that is. I’m finishing up a book by Mark Batterson entitled “Circle Maker.” In it the author refers to the favor of God as “God doing something for you that you cannot do for yourself.” I want that. I want God working on my behalf to grant me favor in my family, in my marriage and in my community. I want his favor to rest on Cornerstone Church that we may continue to touch our town for God’s glory. I want Him to do something that I cannot do for myself. I want his favor.

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You Can’t Never Always Sometimes Tell

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Circle MakerI’ve been reading the book [easyazon-link asin=”0310333024″]The Circle Maker[/easyazon-link]by Mark Batterson lately. In it he shares a saying that’s been passed down in his family for generations and it goes something like this “You can’t never always sometimes tell.”  Translated it essentially means this: Anything could happen. And when applied to our prayer life this phrase holds a holy expectation that God can at any time, in any way, show up and do the unexpected.

When’s the last time you felt like that? When you felt like anything could happen at any moment.That the dream you’ve been holding onto for years could come true at any moment.  That the prayer that you’ve been praying for decades is on the verge of being answered? I don’t know about you, but it’s been too long since I’ve prayed with that kind of true expectancy accompanying it.

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Time Out

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Just gave myself a “time out” from my middle child. My adorable, high energy, too smart for his own britches, strong willed child.  As I’m writing this the tears are falling onto my laptop because, well, I just can’t seem to stop them today.

Time out

Parenting is the toughest job you’ll ever have. That’s what everyone always says. What they don’t say is that by “toughest” they mean the most exhausting and exhilarating job you’ll ever have.  And usually both at the same time. They don’t say that you’ll learn more about yourself than you ever really cared to. But you will. Because truth be told, one of the things that makes parenting so hard is the ability it has to expose us as parents. The ability to bring to light our own areas of weakness, our own selfish motives, our own bad attitudes.