Yesterday was Saturday. I love Saturdays. Saturday Date Morning happens on Saturday. Chris and I wake up, he makes coffee, I make the bed. We walk to Ravelin Bakery and get breakfast and then go to the Denton Florist on the Square and get flowers. Every Saturday.
Also, I bought mini pumpkins today at the store.
I'll tell you all one thing.....I am in love with Fall. I wrote something one time about the Fall....
"sometimes i wonder why God brings the colors of Fall leaves, and always conclude that if for no other reason, it is to make me smile...but perhaps it is rather to remind me that change can be beautiful; and when change can leave you stripped bare of everything you know, He will revive you, replenish your branches, bring you warmth and will give you new life."
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Lemon-Orange Muffins
These are really delicious-good-for-you bran muffins...
Ingredients
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour (I use whole wheat flour- this makes the muffins much dryer. But if you still want to be a little healthier and have moist muffins, try using 1 cup all purpose and 1/4 cup of whole wheat)
1/3 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup Kellogg's All-Bran Original cereal or All-Bran Bran Buds
2/3 cup fat-free milk
1/4 cup orange juice
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 egg
1/4 cup shortening
Directions:
1. Stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, soda and salt. Set aside.
2. In a mixing bowl, combine All-Bran cereal, milk, orange juice, lemon peel, and lemon juice. Let stand about 2 minutes or until cereal softens. Add egg and shortening. Beat well. Add flour mixture, stirring only until combined. Portion evenly into twelve 2 1/2 inch muffin-pan cups coated with cooking spray.
3. Bake at 400 degrees F about 20 minutes or until lightly brown. Serve warm.
Yield: 12 muffins
Ingredients
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour (I use whole wheat flour- this makes the muffins much dryer. But if you still want to be a little healthier and have moist muffins, try using 1 cup all purpose and 1/4 cup of whole wheat)
1/3 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup Kellogg's All-Bran Original cereal or All-Bran Bran Buds
2/3 cup fat-free milk
1/4 cup orange juice
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 egg
1/4 cup shortening
Directions:
1. Stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, soda and salt. Set aside.
2. In a mixing bowl, combine All-Bran cereal, milk, orange juice, lemon peel, and lemon juice. Let stand about 2 minutes or until cereal softens. Add egg and shortening. Beat well. Add flour mixture, stirring only until combined. Portion evenly into twelve 2 1/2 inch muffin-pan cups coated with cooking spray.
3. Bake at 400 degrees F about 20 minutes or until lightly brown. Serve warm.
Yield: 12 muffins
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
My Confused little Heart
Hmm, it's been a while since I've made time to write. Honestly, I've just been avoiding it. Knowing what I want to spill, but kind of afraid to do so.
Chris and I are trying to join a church. We know we want to join, it's kind of just me that's holding us back. In order to become a member of our church they require that you be baptized by immersion. Chris grew up Baptist, so he was, but I was not. I've been baptized, but not immersed. At the first mention of this, I found that it stirred up a lot of anger and resentment inside of me. Now, perhaps this is left over bitterness towards the church that I thought had died and was buried, maybe I need to swallow my pride and submit, maybe I should stop being so stubborn with my questions and always wanting to know how and why and this and that.
It would be easier if the pastor who accepts my baptism was an unstudied, small town pastor (nothing against small towns...but they kind of have that reputation) who waivers with my trust. But he's not. He's a smart (Ph.D. in theology), not only smart- a wise, Godly man, who loves Jesus and has devoted his life to interpreting, studying and preaching the Gospel. I trust him.
And I trust my pastor now. I trust everything my church is doing and how they're doing it.
I think what makes me insecure is not at all about my baptism. It's about how I can trust two Godly men with two opposite views. And I don't know what to believe. I mean, isn't theology man-made anyway?
I don't understand and I'm trying.
Chris and I are trying to join a church. We know we want to join, it's kind of just me that's holding us back. In order to become a member of our church they require that you be baptized by immersion. Chris grew up Baptist, so he was, but I was not. I've been baptized, but not immersed. At the first mention of this, I found that it stirred up a lot of anger and resentment inside of me. Now, perhaps this is left over bitterness towards the church that I thought had died and was buried, maybe I need to swallow my pride and submit, maybe I should stop being so stubborn with my questions and always wanting to know how and why and this and that.
It would be easier if the pastor who accepts my baptism was an unstudied, small town pastor (nothing against small towns...but they kind of have that reputation) who waivers with my trust. But he's not. He's a smart (Ph.D. in theology), not only smart- a wise, Godly man, who loves Jesus and has devoted his life to interpreting, studying and preaching the Gospel. I trust him.
And I trust my pastor now. I trust everything my church is doing and how they're doing it.
I think what makes me insecure is not at all about my baptism. It's about how I can trust two Godly men with two opposite views. And I don't know what to believe. I mean, isn't theology man-made anyway?
I don't understand and I'm trying.
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