Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has already approved what you do. – Ecclesiastes 9:7 Just for fun, this week let’s do, “Five Food Friday.” Life is never simple, and the day-to-day of caring for my parents can be a real challenge. So I try,…
The Lord God took the human and settled him in the garden of Eden to farm it and to take care of it. – Genesis 2:15 Friday turned out to be another garden emphasis day here at Maul Hall, and certainly not the last of this late spring weekend. With the summer heat beginning to seep in…
Awake, awake!Put on your strength, O Zion… … that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. Isaiah 52:1, “He brews” 6:12 I want to begin this morning by saying how happy I am that the United States Postal Service gets me. Finally they have come out with a…
“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” – 1 Corinthians 10:31 I am trying hard not to get carried away here; but if you combine today’s post with yesterday’s “live music in church” celebration, it would be easy to detect a pattern, and that…
“Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be. “Your…
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. – Psalm 16:11 “La bella vita” = “The beautiful life” True story: Two days ago, catching a little local news in the late evening, our weather guy, Chris, makes the following pronouncement: “In all my career…
Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” “Sir,” they said, “always…
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Verse of the day: Then the Lord God said, “I see that it is not good for the man to be alone. I will make the companion he needs, one just right for him.” – Genesis 2:18 I like this translation of Genesis 2:18. It is clear that we have been created in the context of community,…
Ever since I was a child, the annual “Boxing Day” lunch has been hands down my favorite feast of the year. That’s right, it even (although only just) beats out Thanksgiving. Of course a lot of this has to do with tradition. Boxing Day has been a family favorite my whole life. I didn’t observed…
Having already posted – or re-posted – a fun “Santa” blog from last Christmas (“The Day Santa Showed Up for Lunch”), I think I’ll offer a food column for this morning. It’s been a few weeks since I shared something delicious and we’re past due for sure. I don’t remember having prepared Sea Bass before,…
