We have been members of Costco for quite a few years. As it was, the amazing price on steel cut oats and whole grain brown rice alone covered the cost of membership. With both of these now being gone (and having been gone for quite some time), we started looking into options. The best optionContinue reading “Azure Standard”
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Egg Yolks… How orange can they be?
We have loved having chickens. Our boys go out to play with the chickens and all of us love watching their silly antics. Ours free range so they get themselves into all sorts of mischief. By free ranging they also get themselves into all sorts of good food! And this impacts the health of theContinue reading “Egg Yolks… How orange can they be?”
Bee Hives
God’s creation is so amazing. Recently we have been getting ready to start a beehive. As part of this, we have been learning about God’s creation of bees. Bees are an amazing creation. From the detailed ways they can communicate with each other, to their all fulfilling their vital roles, to their knowing to takeContinue reading “Bee Hives”
Rhyming Sermon Notes: Resurrection Day 2023
Why is Good Friday good? 1 Peter 3:18 – For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. This year our church and another church restarted their tradition of celebrating Good Friday together,Continue reading “Rhyming Sermon Notes: Resurrection Day 2023”
Rhyming Sermon Notes: 2023 March
Whether just for myself, or my family, too.Rhyming notes helps me focus, and then helps us review. If they bring you a blessing, a meaningful read.I pray that by Jesus, your spirit is freed. A free man in Christ, and his bond servant, too.By His grace, as his child, is our spirit made new! ColorContinue reading “Rhyming Sermon Notes: 2023 March”
Praying Scripture: Psalm 119:1-8 א ALEPH
This morning as I woke up, God put it on my heart to set aside my planned reading in Jeremiah and to write a prayer through a Psalm. I hadn’t realized that it was the 31st, when my Psalm reading for the day would be Psalm 119. (I often include Psalm 119 on months withContinue reading “Praying Scripture: Psalm 119:1-8 א ALEPH”
Rhyming Sermon Notes: 2023 February
Whether just for my self, or my family, too.Rhyming notes helps me focus, and then helps us review. If they bring you a blessing, a meaningful read.I pray that by Jesus, your spirit is freed. A free man in Christ, and his bond servant, too.By His grace, as his child, is our spirit made new!Continue reading “Rhyming Sermon Notes: 2023 February”
Sourdough Part 4: From Dough to Bread
How does this sourdough starter become bread? If you’ve ever made bread with factory yeast, this will have similarities and differences. The biggest difference is time. With factory yeast, when you mix the yeast with warm water it is activated. You then have about three hours to use it before it is fizzled out andContinue reading “Sourdough Part 4: From Dough to Bread”
Sourdough Part 3: Starting & Feeding
How do you make sourdough starter? As mentioned above, you can start from scratch with just flour and water. You CAN do this, but for most people, I recommend just finding a friend who already has a strong sourdough starter and ask for a bit of theirs (about 100g will do). This is much easierContinue reading “Sourdough Part 3: Starting & Feeding”
Sourdough Part 2: Our Journey & Benefits
How we got started As you may know, Elyse is Chinese and we met while I was living in China for 10 years. Bread is not very common in China, so everything was learned started a few years ago when we came to the U.S. If we can do it… you can do it! AtContinue reading “Sourdough Part 2: Our Journey & Benefits”
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