Today is the feast day of St Ambrose, the famous bishop of Milan. Veal Chop Milanese is the recipe for St Ambrose. Costoletta alla Milanese (Veal Chop Milanese) 4 veal chops salt and pepper 1 egg 1 cup bread crumbs 6 tablespoons butter Have the veal chops cut about 1/2 inch thick. Beat the egg…
Read MoreMissional Order Event – see the video
I had a blast in Seabeck, Washington in October. Allelon have just uploaded a video that captures the spirit of our Missional Order Event. Good job Bill! There are quite a few familiar bloggers in the group also and you can see what they look like.
Read MoreSt Nicholas Feast Day
Ah yes. December 6. St Nicholas, bishop of Myra and the inspiration behind Santa Claus. This one slipped by but Bea Marshall got on my case for not mentioning it, and rightly so. She also told me what her family does to celebrate: “It’s one of the highlights of sdvent for us marshalls – on…
Read MoreNew Vaudeville Pre-Chicago Party
We threw a small party last night as a pre-show dinner and virgin cocktail event. Mostly friends of our kids turned up. i made a hot buttered cranberry punch that was great! Afterwards, we went out to see my only begotten son perform as Miss Sunshine in the musical Chicago. Sam was spectacular and his…
Read MoreInternational Volunteers Day
Today, December 5th, is International Volunteers Day. You may not know this but my wife and i met each other as volunteers for a mission group called OM and we sailed on a ship called the MV Logos for nearly 2 years around South and Central America. We didn’t get paid but they gave us…
Read MoreTom Brokaw on emerging church
Tom Brokaw reports on the emerging church in USA for Nightly News. Video shows PineRidge Church‘s Tadd Grandstaff mixing the cocktail and Al Mohler adding the bitters. HT: Denny Burk and Steve Knight. Click on Tadd’s lips to watch the movie Related: USA Today looks at bloggers and denominations in an article called Bloggers keep…
Read MoreAdvent Conspiracy
“Advent Conspiracy is an international movement restoring the scandal of Christmas by worshipping Jesus through compassion, not consumption.” The conspirators behind this include my friends Chris Seay and Rick McKinley. Rick says “A lot of churches are participating in taking back Christmas by telling a better story with our Worship.” Check it out and get…
Read MoreGolden Compass and Atheism
Lotsa emails and discussion on the web regarding whether or not author atheist Philip Pullman is promoting atheism [or anti-theism] to children in the movie “The Golden Compass” which gets released Dec 7. Philip Pullman answers some questions regarding atheism and church and basically says he has no agenda but Matt Barber writing for the…
Read MoreAdvent. The Christian Calendar has begun
This is it. The day were were waiting for. Advent kicks off the Christian year and my goal is to track it as closely as i can, especially the FEASTS because I love my kitchen and food really communicates to me. More later. Look forward to walking through this year with you.
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