Archive for February, 2010
15 February 2010 | 03:35 PM
Food and More Grandma Sullivan
Day’s Verse:
So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
John 16:22
Time for a food blog. Yesterday as the Grandma Sullivan situation developed, I also had some from-scratch French bread in the works. Before church I had prepared [...]
14 February 2010 | 04:14 PM
Update on Grandma Sullivan
Day’s Verse:
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
1 Cor. 15:11
Grandma Sullivan, my dad’s mother, was unresponsive on Friday morning when her caregivers tried [...]
14 February 2010 | 12:29 PM
Grandma Sullivan
Day’s Verse:
The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
1 Cor. 15:26
Grandma Sullivan is no longer breathing on her own. Only the ventilator is keeping her alive. We’re going over to say goodbye now.
13 February 2010 | 10:50 AM
Let Me Introduce Myself
Day’s Verse
“No, this is the kind of fasting I want:
Free those who are wrongly imprisoned;
lighten the burden of those who work for you.
Let the oppressed go free,
and remove the chains that bind people.
Share your food with the hungry,
and give shelter to the homeless.
Give clothes to those who need them,
and do not hide from relatives who [...]
13 February 2010 | 08:19 AM
Pretty In Pink — My Bike, That Is
~~~Day’s Verse:You will be a crown of splendor in the LORD’s hand, a royal diadem in the hand of your God. Isaiah 62:3~~~
Yesterday Ian gave me an unexpected but wonderful Valentine’s Day present: New fenders. I kept seeing and drooling over a pair of fenders in the window at [...]
10 February 2010 | 08:09 PM
Frowny Face
~~~Day’s Verse:“Simply put, if you’re not willing to take what is dearest to you, whether plans or people, and kiss it good-bye, you can’t be my disciple.”Luke 14:33~~~
I got my first flat while commuting in Washington while home on the Burke-Gilman trail tonight. I felt particularly depressed when I realized my problem because night was [...]
10 February 2010 | 01:16 PM
Confirmation Is So…Stinky?!
~~~Day’s Verse:Because you got a double dose of trouble and more than your share of contempt,Your inheritance in the land will be doubled and your joy go on forever.Isaiah 61:~7 (context)~~~
After having conducted a controlled experiment, I can confirm that it’s the dried apricots themselves, not the preservatives in store-brand dried [...]
9 February 2010 | 09:22 AM
Volunteers and Cats: Both Have Unfathomable Motives
~~~Day’s Verse:“Arise, shine, for your light has come,and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.”Isaiah 60:1~~~
I recently learned that the Independent Sector places a dollar value on time people spend volunteering. Apparently this year it’s $20.25 per hour per person. That means the 61.8 million Americans who volunteered in 2008 (the most recent available [...]
8 February 2010 | 12:11 PM
Baked Yesterday
~~~Day’s Verse:So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.Isaiah 59:9~~~
I have no picture, alas, but yesterday evening [...]
7 February 2010 | 09:09 AM
Personal Updates
~~~Day’s Verse:“And if you give yourself to the hungryAnd satisfy the desire of the afflicted,Then your light will rise in darknessAnd your gloom will become like midday.”Isaiah 58:10~~~
First of all, I forgot to mention that the open house at the Bike Alliance on Thursday went incredibly well. I set up a table outside on the [...]
