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Brown Soda Bread
Super Healthy and Yummy Brown Soda Bread From 2013 Cooking Light “Page a Day” calendar 1 quart of buttermilk will make two loaves. The loaves freeze well. 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees 2. Coat 9 X 5-inch loaf pan … Continue reading
Word has it the U.S. Post Office will stop Saturday delivery in August. This makes me sad. The fact I’m sad makes me old. It seems I’m among the last generation to consider it an obligation to check the mailbox … Continue reading
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Tagged generation gap, Laurel, mailbox, post office, saturday mail delivery
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Fat Stoppers Evangelism
I’m tickled that Jan Rizzo picked up “Fat Stoppers Evangelism” as a Seeds for the Parish post on Living Lutheran. Find it at http://bit.ly/10GashT. Fat Stoppers first appeared in the April 1993 issue of Lutheran Woman Today, now Gather magazine. Oh, my, it’s the 20th … Continue reading
Hope-full
The prophet Jeremiah sent the exiles in Babylon a letter from God. It said Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: Build houses and live … Continue reading
Posted in Devotion, Lectionary, New Year
Tagged Devotion, future with hope, Jeremiah 29, New Year
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Elna Borgen’s Date Balls (Gluten Free)
Long ago and not so far away–Central (now Covenant) Lutheran in Stoughton, Wis.–my mother’s circle participated in the congregation’s Holiday Bazaar. Donated crafts, doll clothes, cookies, candy, popcorn balls and Christmas decorations were sold at low, church-basement prices. Lunch was … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Recipe
Tagged Central Lutheran, Christmas, circles, Covenant Lutheran, Date Balls, Elna Borgen, Gluten free, Holiday Bazaar, Stoughton Wisconsin
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The Perfect Christmas Tree
It was beastly cold, several degrees below zero, the day Paul and I walked to the Christmas tree lot two blocks from our apartment to purchase our first hyphenated-life Christmas tree. I was drawn to the slender trees with spaced-out … Continue reading
Jesus and the ______ Person
Based on the Gospel lesson for October 14, 2012 Mark 10:17–27 as a Gospel dialog Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved… (“Amazing Grace,” st. 2) The Gospel, we’re told, afflicts the comfortable and comforts … Continue reading
Anniversaries
Yesterday, Paul and I celebrated 36 years of hyphenated life. Today, I observe my first anniversary working at Bethesda Lutheran Communities. Transitions R Us. Thank God for a loyal and loving life partner. Paul created a slide show for our anniversary. … Continue reading
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Loaves + Fish = God’s math
In the story of Jesus feeding the multitude as told in the Gospel of John (6:1-14), Jesus asks Philip a test question: “Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?” Philip, looks over the crowd, calculates supply and … Continue reading
Horsey
This is a story about a Fisher-Price riding horse that survived a going-out-of-business sale, a downsizing-to-a-condo moving sale, and a garage fire. Now, 31 years after purchase, it is a toy passed from one generation to another. Sometime in 1981, a … Continue reading