“A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease.”
-John Muir
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Let me pause at this point and ask you a question: What are you repenting of? I mean, right now, this week, what is it that you are repenting of these days?
If you don’t have a ready answer, how can you be taking holiness seriously?
If your answer focuses on something external, what about the matters of the heart behind it?
It’s worth a pause.
-John Eldredge, The Utter Relief of Holiness, 63
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Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ. For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body. So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
-Colossians 2:8-10 NLT
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| 1⁄4 | c | dried diced carrot |
| 1⁄4 | c | crumbled dried mushrooms |
| 1⁄4 | c | diced sundried tomatoes |
| 1 | c | cooked and dehydrated red kidney beans |
| 4 | oz | cooked and dehdyrated small pasta shapes |
| 1 | t | low sodium beef bouillon |
| 1⁄2 | t | dried garlic |
| 1⁄4 | t | ground black pepper |
| 2 | T | shelf stable parmesan cheese |
Perk’s recipes call for “cover with water”. You can start with a 1:1 water to dry food ratio and more water as needed as well.
For a vegetarian version use vegetable bouillon.
At home pack everything in a quart freezer bag.
Add near boiling water to cover the dry items. Stir well, seal tightly and put in a cozy for 15 minutes.
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“The race is now on between the technoscientific and scientific forces that are destroying the living environment and those that can be harnessed to save it. . . . If the race is won, humanity can emerge in far better condition than when it entered, and with most of the diversity of life still intact.”
-Edward O. Wilson
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It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger for them. (George Eliot)
And I still haven’t found what I’m looking for. (U2)
There is a secret set within each of our hearts. It often goes unnoticed, we rarely can put words to it, and yet it guides us throughout the days of our lives. This secret remains hidden for the most part in our deepest selves. It is simply the desire for life as it was meant to be. Isn’t there a life you have been searching for all your days? You may not always be aware of your search, and there are times when you seem to have abandoned looking altogether. But again and again it returns to us, this yearning that cries out for the life we prize. It is elusive, to be sure. It seems to come and go at will. Seasons may pass until it surfaces again. And though it seems to taunt us, and may at times cause us great pain, we know when it returns that it is priceless. For if we could recover this desire, unearth it from beneath all other distractions, and embrace it as our deepest treasure, we would discover the secret of our existence.
-John Eldredge, Desire, 1-2
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We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy, always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light. For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins.
-Colossians 1:11-14 NLT
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| 1⁄2 | c | ‘cheese’ sauce mix (see note) |
| 8 | oz | small pasta shapes |
| 5 | c | water |
| 3 | c | organic raw cashews |
| 2 | c | nutritional yeast |
| 1⁄2 | c | organic cornstarch |
| 3 | T | onion powder (not onion salt) |
| 3 | T | dried garlic |
| 1 | t | salt |
At home in a dry blender whirl the nuts till they are very fine. Add the other ingredients and blend well. Store tightly covered in your refrigerator for up to 2 months. To use: Add 1/2 cup mix to 1 cup of water in a small pot, whisk over heat till thickened. Salt to taste as desired.
At home put the pasta in a sandwich bag and the sauce mix in a small bag. Bring 4 cups of the water to a boil in your pot. Cook pasta for time on pasta package. Turn the heat down to low and drain pasta carefully. Stash the pasta in a bowl. Add 1 cup water to the ‘Cheese’ mix in your pot. Turn up the heat on your stove and whisk till the sauce thickens up. Toss the pasta with sauce and serve.
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Jesus came to reveal God to us. He is the defining word on God—on what the heart of God is truly like, on what God is up to in the world, and on what God is up to in your life. An intimate encounter with Jesus is the most transforming experience of human existence. To know him as he is, is to come home. To have his life, joy, love, and presence cannot be compared. A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness. To be mistaken about him is the saddest mistake of all.
The records of Christ are written so you can experience him as they did, this intimate connection with the Father and the Son. John says that you can enjoy the same friendship with Jesus that he knew. For this Jesus came.
So, if you do not know Jesus as a person, know his remarkable personality—playful, cunning, fierce, impatient with all that is religious, kind, creative, irreverent, funny—you have been cheated.
If you do not experience Jesus intimately, daily, in these very ways, if you do not know the comfort of his actual presence, do not hear his voice speaking to you personally—you have been robbed.
If you do not know the power of his indwelling life in you, shaping your personality, healing your brokenness, enabling you to live as he did—you have been plundered.
This is why we pray,
Jesus, show me who you really are. I pray for the true you. I want the real you. I ask you for you. Spirit of God, free me in every way to know Jesus as he really is. Open my eyes to see him. Deliver me from everything false about Jesus and bring me what is true.
-John Eldredge, Beautiful Outlaw, 21-23
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