Faith & Community
Loving my neighbors, one bouquet at a time
June 18, 2008
I don't think Jesus Christ made life any easier for his followers (although I don't like labels I'm comfortable calling myself a follower of Christ) when he simplified all the law of the Hebrew Scriptures into the two commands to love the Lord your God and love your neighbor as ...
Weekend Smiles
June 16, 2008
We spent Saturday night camped out in our friend's yard. It was a wonderful time together on Saturday afternoon and then a night of gentle rain and a little thunder and lightning. The rain canceled our Sunday hike plans but that meant spending more time chatting with our friends about ...
Cookin' in the kitchen
May 30, 2008
The kids and I spent the morning at the Nutrition Center Kitchen cooking with the Lots To Gardens crew, preparing food for a supper & live music fund raiser at the Franco-American Heritage Center tonight. Nutrition Center Kitchen We love what Lots to Gardens does, "challeng(ing) the cycles of poverty ...
World Food Crisis
April 24, 2008
I have to go grocery shopping this afternoon and I'm rather cranky about that. Shame on me. At least I can feed my children. Unlike millions of desperate parents around the world. It breaks my heart AND makes me angry AND leaves me bewildered, wondering what more can we do?? ...
Hungry Planet Supper Night
April 15, 2008
Recently a friend loaned us a copy of Hungry Planet: What the World Eats. An essay and photo journal featuring a breakdown of what 30 families around the world eat in a week. The kids and I used the book as a world study curriculum for a couple weeks. Then ...
Strangers in Our Midst
April 13, 2008
A few months ago I read the book Making Room: Recovering Hospitality As a Christian Tradition. After reading it I wrote the following review, which is in my goodreads: "We have always practiced hospitality but the Holy Spirit is using this book to help guide us in broadening that circle ...
Church today
March 30, 2008
Spending time with church family (giving and receiving food, conversation, music, prayer, bread, wine, recipes, gardening tips etc...) can be challenging at times. Practicing respect, love, service and submission is not always a fun, "feel good" activity. But others times it is, like today. Right now I'm happily basking in ...
