May 27th, 2008 Meg
Recently, I helped hostess a baby shower for a friend of mine. She’s having a son, and is very excited. One of the things I brought was the punch—as I was preparing, I discovered that most of my punch ideas were pink. Hmmm. For a boy’s shower, that didn’t seem to fit quite right. Here’s the recipe to the punch we had.
Green Party Punch
2 liters ginger ale
1 can of frozen lemonade concentrate
1 large can of pineapple juice (chilled)
1/2 gallon lime sherbet
Stir ingredients together, making sure some ginger ale gets poured over the lime sherbet. The sherbet melts and makes a nice frothy top.
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February 6th, 2008 Meg
We just got back from chapel–Jeff Anderson (brother of Chris) did a great job. He preached without notes! It was from 1 Sam. 7–with lots of background from chapters 2-6.
The glory of the Lord departs when
- God’s people overlook sin in their lives and their leaders (Hophni and Phineas)
- Relics replace true Christianity (ark brought as symbol of God’s presence instead of seeking God’s presence; illustrated by Christian bumper stickers, jewelry, t-shirts)
- Emotionalism replaces true worship (“great shout” when ark arrives on battlefield; he illustrated how he would try to create the Wilds’ fireside service at home to get back to where he had been emotionally during camp)
(ch. 7)
True spiritual leaders lead people to
- return to God
- rely on God (Samuel’s prayer for the people)
- remember God (“Ebenezer”–the Lord was our help)
Today he focused more on the 1st point–returning to God, and gave an excellent summary of necessary repentance:
- Turning from sin
Sin offends a holy God
Sin hurts people
- Turning from self
- Turning to the Savior
The encouraging thing is that just this week, I taught the story of Samuel’s childlike obedience to God from ch. 4. I also included the contrast of Eli’s sons, as well as the ark’s journey to the battlefield and the birth of Ichabod.
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December 27th, 2007 Meg
We had this soup today. It was pretty amazing. I added cilantro and chili pepper during the cooking, and then some shredded cheese right before eating–Mmmm. if you serve tortilla chips on the side, you can have leftovers. Today, we did not have any left over 
.
Recipe found here.
Another trick from Mom-in-law: if you rinse out the black beans in a colander before cooking, they are easier to digest.
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December 27th, 2007 Meg
from Shelley Hess, March 2007
- 1 can cut green beans
- 1 can cut yellow beans
- 1 can red kidney beans
- 1 can chick peas (garbanzo beans)
- 1 chopped green or red pepper
- 1 onion, chopped to 1/4″ square
Mix 3/4 cup sugar, 1 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. pepper, 1/2 cup white vinegar and 1/2 cup oil. Blend with beans, etc. Refrigerate several hours, to 3 days.
Can substitute Splenda for sugar. One of my dad’s favorites, and this is a great colorful Christmas side dish.
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December 25th, 2007 Meg
“God bless us, every one” said Tiny Tim.
We are having a wonderful time with the Johnson side of the family in Victoria, B.C. for Christmas. Saturday a few of the gang visited Fort Rodd Hill (pictures to come later), where we visited a fort and a lighthouse, with lots of history thrown in.
Bohnanza was the game for tonight—if you haven’t played it I would recommend it very much. Lots of noisy trading and “bean planting.”
Tomorrow we head up the island to Courtenay (pronounced “Courtney”) to visit more family. I’ve never seen the rough terrain along the road, called the Malahat, but it promises to be beautiful.
I’ve been studying Mary’s Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55) by following the trails of all the O.T. references. A couple years ago my friend Ed Myers introduced me to the biblical theme of remembrance—one facet of which is God remembering His people. This theme is popping up all over in Luke 1! God remembered Rachel in giving her Joseph (Gen. 30:23; verse referred to by Elizabeth in Luke 1:25); He remembered Hannah by giving her Samuel (1 Sam. 1:11; Mary refers to the verse in 1:48); and He remembered Israel “in remembrance of His mercy” (Luke 1:54; Mary quoting Psalm 98:3).
May we remember Christ this season and this year.
Meg
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