Many, many years ago in ancient Egypt (say 3500 BC), folks sat around playing a game called “Senet“.
Luckily for us, they left us copies of the game in their burial champers (it can get a little boring, being dead and all).
Now we – the crazy folks of the 21st century – can [...]
Seeing how it is the day of “feeding the belly” – otherwise known as Thanksgiving Day – I thought I might pass on an old cheese cake recipe for your enjoyment. 
Ingredients:
- 3 eggs
- 5 cups of cottage cheese
- 3/4 cup of mild honey (a light color clover honey works great)
- 1/4 ts salt
- 2 ts vanilla
- 1/4 ts almond extract
- 2 – 9 inch unbaked gram cracker pie shells
Mixing the “goods”
This is the hard part: dump all the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. Continue reading Ardell’s Cheese Cake Recipe
One of the nice things about the Fall is the chance to simulate the gray matter floating 10 inches above my shoulders.
Or, if you prefer plain English, it is the time of the year in which I try to take a college course through Fuller Theological Seminary.
Last year I embarked on a [...]
One must be careful when studying history – for history can be likened to a wild tiger with sharp teeth and bared claws.
I recently discovered this “dangerous” side of history while researching the theological history of the physical millennial kingdom of Jesus.
What was this “dangerous” item found in the dusty manuscripts of old?
It is the knowledge that in 381 A.D. the Church Fathers gathered in Constantinople and declared that the pre-millennialism view of Revelation chapter 20 is a heresy.
Yes – you read that right.
The hugely popular pre-millennialism view of eschatology promoted throughout the world by the Protestant church was declared a heresy by the SAME guys who canonized the New Testament!!!
Wow! Continue reading Is Pre-Millennialism A Heresy?
What is the “good life”?
It is a question that can be answered multiple ways by a single person over the years.
Today, for me, on this calm winter Monday – the “good life” is a glass of Los Vascos 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon, slices of soft-ripened Brie cheese and beef summer sausage, crackers and [...]
Nation by Terry Pratchett
Ah. Pratchett – the crazy Discworld genius from the UK who writes some of the best social commentaries in print.
This time he wrote a novel set in a world similar to our own – abet in a parallel universe. Nation is a look into different cultures, human nature, religion, and science.
The book starts off with a huge tidal wave destroying the human population of a small South Pacific island – save one young boy named Mau. Yet, as the book cover states, when something is taken away, something else is always given.
I don’t want to give away too much of the story line as it is a good book – especially the first half in which we find ourselves watching the meeting of two vastly different cultures. Continue reading Nation by Terry Pratchett
Typically I’m not a fan of TV shows – however, lately I have been following a few shows on the main networks. Granted, I am usually a few seasons behind everyone else as I like to watch the shows on DVD versus trying to keep up with them week by week (with some exceptions – like Castle which we watch online).
The cool thing that I have noticed is that the networks are finally presenting healthily families on their shows. Take Castle for the example: while the show is about a murder and mystery, Richard Castle is shown as a great father to his daughter – watching out for her and being willing to talk to her about anything without getting upset. Shoot, I would expect that most fathers would love to have the relationship he has with Alexis. Continue reading Families in TV Land
One of the benefits of living in the country is the wonderful, clean water from our own well. To keep the well from freezing during the winter months, it is housed in a small building next to the main house.
One day I walked out to the well house to get some tools and got quite a shock…someone had ran into the building and knocked it off its foundation.
At first, I thought someone had merely “tapped” the building and simply busted in the wall near the door… but as I dug into the problem this Monday, I quickly discovered how hard it must have been hit.
In a nut shell, the entire south wall was moved 4.5 inches west – busting loose the concrete bolts used to mount the west wall onto the foundation. Continue reading Repairing the Wellhouse
Not sure why, but I picked up a collection of John Lennon songs at the library the other day. I was feeling a tad down as I had some cavities filled earlier that day… I don’t know…
Either way, I enjoyed listening to some of the classic anti-war / peace songs of the 1970′s: [...]
Winter is here. No more cool Fall days or light Winter evenings.
Time to break out the snow shovel and the warm winter coat…
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