Farm Fresh Southern Cooking is a great looking cookbook. While the version I have is digital, I think I would think about getting the hardcover. The pages do a great job supporting the feel of the text. The photos are pristine and enticing. The recipes are different than what I’d find in our other cookbooks. So, that’s definitely a plus. Good to have variety. And, this one really pushes farm [...]
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I wonder how the evangelical community will vote on election night. But, more importantly, why will they vote they way they will? Not for the sake of the elections. That doesn’t concern me right now. But for the sake of the evangelical community. While Romney is going to be the GOP nominee, Rick Santorum is doing really well among conservative evangelicals. Before the field of candidates was whittled down, a group of evangelical [...]
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Earl Henslin’s This is Your Brain in Love is essentially a relationship, marriage help book that takes a little different angle of approach when it comes to being the best you can be in a relationship. My wife and I have gone through all sorts of love/marriage/relationship/communication/etc. books within small groups or Sunday School classes. I was interested in checking this text out because it enters the discussion from more [...]
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As something of a follow up to my earlier post regarding the recently opened Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial (found here), I point you to a piece from CNN about some other not-so-favorable comments. Now, these comments aren’t the be all end all but they continue to force us to think a little deeper about the meaning and significance of not only Dr. King, his legacy, his message, his [...]
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Now this takes me back. Of course, it still hasn’t been dealt with, and there are Christians that still either support torture or redefine torture…but it still takes me back.
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Thoughts on my struggle of how to view the new memorial for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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This was almost demoralizing to look at, but the truth must be grasped if we’re going to do something proper about it. We’re in Kern County, and the impoverished is quite high. Pretty striking. Likely that has to do with the high number of day laborers around due to the farming. The poor are people, too. To have a look at your area, go to http://feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/hunger-studies/map-the-meal-gap.aspx. Thanks to Tavis Smiley [...]
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