“When a poor person dies of hunger, it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed. ” Mother Teresa
———————-Do Something
Archive for July, 2008
Mother Teresa Quote
Posted in extreme poverty, quotes, tagged Do Something, God, Mother Teresa, Poor on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
the peeps (baby chicks) in their play-land
Posted in Chickens, tagged backyard chickens, chicken, Chicken Coop building, chicken run, Chickens, peeps on July 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
While my wonderful husband works on the outside run of the coop, the peeps have a temporary enclosure. It looks like a play-land but we’d hate for the peeps to be bored. The umbrella on top serves two purposes in providing shade and a cover to keep Gylfie from flying out. It [...]
a few more photos of the new flock
Posted in Chickens, tagged backyard chickens, chicken coop, Chickens, day old chicks on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As you can see, they all seem to get along. We decided to keep them in separate boxes at night though. Because the age difference, they needed slightly different temperatures for their boxes. Soon, a connecting box would allow travel from box to box.
Now, my husband is designing the coop. [...]
our first peeps
Posted in Chickens, tagged Chickens, day old chicks on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, I was inquiring about the possibility of getting a few chickens and here is the story.
Gramma and the girls are at my place of employment. They remind me of chickens. Ok! they do not have characteristic of fowls but I have had chickens on my mind lately. A gentleman [...]
Let the measure of God’s grace to you in the cross of Christ be the measure of your grace to your spouse.
Posted in John Piper, tagged forgiveness, John Piper, marriage, spouse on July 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
“As the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive”—your spouse. As the Lord “bears with” you, so you should bear with your spouse. The Lord “bears with” you everyday as you fall short of his will. Indeed, the distance between what Christ expects of you and what you achieve is infinitely greater than [...]
Awesome whole wheat, honey bread recipe
Posted in recipes, tagged Bread machine, Bread recipe, Positively Third Street Bakery, whole wheat, whole wheat flour on July 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ok, so I have this #50 bag of King Arthur Whole Wheat flour sitting upstairs. It is so bugging me that I haven’t opened it. My intention is to go off the bread purchasing “grid”. We have a great bakery near us (well not that near at 45 minutes) and at freezer [...]
The new coop debute
Posted in Chicken Coop building, Chickens, Uncategorized, tagged chicken coop, Chickens, chicks, coop building, frugal ideas, peeps, urban farming on July 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The house of seven chicken hens
est. 2008
sign for the coop– it says “the house of seven chicken hens” in German
Here are the peeps making the transition from their previous home, a cardboard box to their new home,
the coop.
We have a rather large, old garage. A small section of the garage is designated for the [...]
fasting
Posted in John Piper, tagged A Hunger for God, fasting, John Piper on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Quote of the Day
Are we content in God when no one but God knows that we have done what we ought to have done?
—John Piper, A Hunger for God, p. 75.
I have not read this book. I have read some other books by John Piper. Excellent! check out Desiring God and Don’t [...]
John Piper @ desiringGod.org
Posted in John Piper, tagged Desiring God, John Piper, Speaking Boldly on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is good stuff
John Piper responds to the question
—How can I speak more boldly about Christ?
Download: Audio
By John Piper May 28, 2008
The following is an edited transcript of the audio.
How can I speak more boldly about Christ?
The key is getting to know God really really well. Have him as your closest friend [...]
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