do any of you know of any online worship services for folks in positions similar to my own?
basically, i consider myself a christian (albeit not a trinitarian) but i'm not really comfortable yet with attending any mainline churches.
Church of the Larger Fellowship
An online virtual congregation of Unitarian Universalists found all over the world. Not exclusively Christian, though the proportion of UU Christians is increasing again.
I checked for United Church of Christ discussion groups/online congregations, but haven't found anything.
GentlyFeral
me, i love cooking.
hearing someone say "i hate to cook" is like hearing "i hate being literate," or "i hate being able to walk.
" i just don't get it.. but there must be reasons - enlighten me, ok?.
MsMcDucket,
I do like the combination; but the combination doesn't like me (burp).
it's really good with summer squash, too, if that agrees with you. I've done it both ways. Not sure I'd like zucchini with a sweet dressing like Catalina, though.
gently feral
me, i love cooking.
hearing someone say "i hate to cook" is like hearing "i hate being literate," or "i hate being able to walk.
" i just don't get it.. but there must be reasons - enlighten me, ok?.
A mandoline is for slicing things thinner, or at least faster, than you could possibly do with a knife – all but the very cheapest ones are adjustable, and you can make slices thin enough to read through, just about.
I love my little non-adjustable two-dollar one for making cucumber vinaigrette: simply slice up some cucumber paper-thin, and mix up your favorite oil-and-vinegar dressing (I like German-style mustard and fresh thyme in mine). Pile it all into some tupperware and leave it in the fridge for people to snack on. It's edible at once, and really flavorful in a couple hours.
gently feral
me, i love cooking.
hearing someone say "i hate to cook" is like hearing "i hate being literate," or "i hate being able to walk.
" i just don't get it.. but there must be reasons - enlighten me, ok?.
horrible life,
It is food, for gods sake. I can throw a TV dinner in the microwave, go to McDonalds, and get a $1.00 double cheeseburger, or to the Taco place, and get a .99cent buritto.
Yeah, but to me none of that seems like food. Mystery meat, preservatives, artificial colors and flavors to cover up the lack of intrinsic flavors in the ingredients – oh, and plenty of sugar and salt for the same purpose....It's stomach filler. When I eat like that for too long, I have less energy and I tend to overeat – waiting for the flavor to improve. Even the prefab freezer foods from Trader Joe's are beginning to pall, except for the pot stickers.
Mind you, KFC is a guilty pleasure
megaflower,
There is too much emphasis put on food. This is esp true in the witness org. There is always an occasion for food, can you make something for the visiting speaker(bookstudy hospilitality), ffed the c.o., feed the d.o., feed the pioneers for pioneer school, food when there is hall maintaince. It is no wonder the majority of JW are fat.
Ah, the free rider problem Yes, I see your point.
We spend our free time playing, not in the kitchen slaving away.
But, see, here is where we're on different wavelengths. Most of the time I'm in the kitchen, I am playing. (I just spent five or ten minutes peeling some cooked beets. If you kind of pinch the beets, the skin comes right off in your hands. Yeah, my fingertips are pink (that's kind of fun) and my fingernails look like I just fought off a zombie, but those beets are shining like satin where I took the skins off... Later I'll get to enjoy that earthy, mysterious flavor that I can't resist.)
IP_SEC,
I hate the clean up... got to do that too.
Well, see, there's the problem. In my house, the cook and the dishwasher are never the same person. It's a rule.
beksbks,
Creative outlet. To imagine the melding of flavors, and the presentation and then see it come to fruition. It's art, pure and simple.
Yeah... this morning, I made some buckwheat aebleskivers. To wit: I combined three or four powdery substances with two raw eggs and two kinds of liquid. I applied heat to this mixture in a special pan and did some manipulation while the mixture was cooking. Voila! "Bread-eggs"! I love the whole transmogrification thing.
Anyway, I'll shut up for a while. I'd like to understand this phenomenon better. We've just scratched the surface, I can tell, and I don't want this to turn into a dialogue of the deaf.
gentlyferal
me, i love cooking.
hearing someone say "i hate to cook" is like hearing "i hate being literate," or "i hate being able to walk.
" i just don't get it.. but there must be reasons - enlighten me, ok?.
Me, I love cooking. Hearing someone say "I hate to cook" is like hearing "I hate being literate," or "I hate being able to walk." I just don't get it.
But there must be reasons - enlighten me, OK?
gently feral
it was in the 80's i think but they began stressing the urgency of baptism for anyone who was "at an age of understanding".
i heard several assembly talks that said kids under ten could be baptized if they qualified.. this sticks in my mind because my kids were 12 or so and not qualified in my view.
my ex wife pushed my daughter into baptism at 12, she is now 32, not a witness and we both laugh about it.. www.isnrblog.com.
My son, at the age of 17, was still not baptized. He had never expressed any interest in it, although he was a believer then.
One day a sister took me to task about it: "If your son really loved Jehovah, he'd be baptized by now." I didn't dignify that with an answer, but I firmly believed that to force an unready or unwilling child into baptism was to make him a hypocrite - you know, a liar, one of those people who is "thrown into the lake of fire and sulphur" -- Rev. 21:8 and all that.
GentlyFeral
here's the edge's world question center's question for 2007, along with 16 pages of informed answers:.
what are you optimistic about, and why?.
gently feral.
Here's The Edge's World Question Center's question for 2007, along with 16 pages of informed answers:
What are you optimistic about, and why?
gently feral
i love this song by chicago - beginnings http://youtube.com/watch?v=yea7fqhjy84.
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Lisa, thank you for recommending Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings! They're listed three different ways at emusic.com.
gently feral
i love this song by chicago - beginnings http://youtube.com/watch?v=yea7fqhjy84.
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Another dynamite horn section is in Grupo Fantasma, which we discovered about a week ago. You can find them on youtube and at emusic.com.
GentlyFeral
i took a ruby red grapefruit just now and cut it in half and then fourthed the half.
this started me thinking.
i bet all of you have healthy snack ideas and recipes you could share with all of us.
Hortensia,
dice tomatoes, or cut cherry tomatoes in half until you have as much as you like. Dice up some low fat mozzarella and add to the tomatoes. Grate one clove of garlic into the tomatoes. Add a half teaspoon of salt and a teaspoon of sugar. Add about two tablespoons each balsamic vinegar and oil. Add some shredded fresh basil.
I don't bother with the sugar or salt - I cut up some kalamata olives instead and stir those in. Sometimes I even leave out the basil.
GentlyFeral
