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Category: diet

  • Body of Work

    As I am approaching my fiftieth birthday this year, I was disappointed to see that my weight that had gone down from focused intermittent fasting, has crept back up. For two years, I checked the clock before I let myself eat. Then I quit looking because, honestly, I didn’t have the bandwidth.  Last month was…

  • Genesis 25: Twinning 

    This chapter starts with a list six of the sons that Abraham had with his second wife after Sarah died. One of these sons is Midian whose tribe shows up in the story later. With each son, Abraham sends them out eastward from his camp like he sent Hagar away with Ishmael. The author also…

  • Jump to Recipe

    While making telephone calls at work, sometimes I gently scroll the Internet, looking at recipes to make for our evening meal. Here are three features in a recipe that catch my attention. Number one. It has to have a great photo. Number two. The ingredients have to be affordable and accessible. I order from Walmart…

  • 1 Corinthians 10: K-Paul Demon Hunter

    Paul transitions his talk from discipline to demons. He begins with the story of the Israelites living in the desert. Between their escape from slavery in Egypt and arrival in the land that became the nation of Israel was forty years of wandering in the desert learning to depend on God. Not only did they…

  • 1 Corinthians 8: Food for Thought

    Just like the Romans, the Corinthian locals are fighting over food, specifically ingredients that have been offered to idols. They lived in a pagan culture with pagan practices that some had been associated with before their conversion to Christianity. Paul warn them to not have knowledge that puffs up, but love for each other that…

  • Romans 14: Quarrel Less

    During the season of family meals, we see Paul talking about food and faith. For religious purposes some people then, as many often do now, had guidelines in place of what not to eat or drink. In addition to Old Testament guidelines (no pork or shellfish) there were special fasts that individuals would observe or…

  • Acts 6: The Seven

    As the mass of believers grew, there were complaints that the Greek-speaking members within community were not being fairly served meals. There’s panic at the church potluck. The twelve decided to add seven additional members to help serve. They couldn’t let their speaking schedule be taken up with food management. Their criteria for leadership was…

  • Bringing Home the Bacon

    A few weeks back, Tim and I had a disastrous day. It started out normal enough, Tim went to work and I got the kids off to school. With the house empty, I then settled into my work-from-home routine. I login and listen to the morning training Zoom call on my phone while walking the…

  • Simple Pasta Recipe

    The first time I made pasta from scratch was when I was probably around twenty one. I was home at my parent’s house from college. I don’t remember the exact circumstances, but my mom was out for the evening.  The sky was starting to turn dark and my Dad wandered in to the kitchen with…

  • American Idol

    I watched an Oregon Duck football game the other weekend and was startled at how young all the players and cheerleaders looked. Every decade I age, but average age of the college athlete stays the same. They are all at the pinnacle of human physical condition. Like the Greeks and Romans, our culture is obsessed…