Wine & Bacon Slow Cooker Chili Recipe

Wine & Bacon Slow Cooker Chili Recipe Servings: 10 people   Ingredients  1.5 lb lean Ground Beef, (85% lean) 1 lb cooked bacon 2 c. red table wine 1 large onion, diced 3 garlic cloves, minced 2 Tbsp coriander powder 2 Tbsp chili powder 1 rounded Tbsp of Better than Bouillon Beef base dissolved in 3 c. of hot water 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp dried oregano 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp black pepper 15 oz can […]

Easy Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup Recipe

Easy Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup Ingredients 16 ounces dried split peas green or yellow 6 cups of  water mixed with 2 T. of “Better than Bullion” Ham flavor 1 large ham steak cubed 3 large carrots coined 2 medium onion diced Generously sprinkle in some dried sage and curry powder Instructions Rinse and drain […]

Fun Note to Leave a Co-Worker

Friday, October 13, 2023   Dear Moises,   While passing by your office this afternoon, I noticed you were not in it. Much to my unhappiness, you could be taking a day off or worse yet, you could be out sick with some horrible disease. In fact, I’m guessing that’s probably the problem. You are […]

Basically, what is Christian healing?

Christian healing is the belief that God heals people through the power of prayer and being in a close relationship with Him. It is a practice that has been around for centuries, and it continues to be a source of comfort and hope for many people. There are many different ways to practice Christian healing. […]

Creative Writing: The Shield

The Shield Over the castle fireplace lays a sturdy but mangled shield The shield is worn, cracked, and scarred Its planks so warped, they look like handholds The wood shield does not shine like those of bronze or iron, But is respected for its survival and reliability its given nature.   While other shields are […]

How to Start the Healing Process

“But then something happened: God our Savior and His overpowering love and kindness for humankind entered our world; He came to save us. It’s not that we earned it by doing good works or righteous deeds; He came because He is merciful. He brought us out of our old ways of living to a new beginning through […]

A Simple, Local Healing Service

“What are you gonna have prayed for?” I asked my mom. “Oh I’ve known what I’m going to have prayed for for several days now. I’m going to ask God for bold faith.” “That’s really good. I’m going to ask God for healed relationships.” Mom and I were standing in the lobby of the Danvers […]

What is Spiritual Warfare?

What is Spiritual Warfare? There is a lot of invisible activity all around us. In addition to angels (both fallen angels and heavenly angels), we have saints who go before us and are interceding on our behalf. In this hidden realm, there is birthed spiritual warfare. Those who follow Jesus need to know about this […]

Bible Guided Dreams & Visions for Christian Dream Interpretation

Interested in biblical dream interpretation? Me too, but there aren’t a lot of great resources that I’ve seen. My home church started a Bible based study on dreams interpretation using Dr. Joe Ibojie as a resource. If you are comfortable with exploring the topic, here are some notes so you can see if this is […]

Writing Prompt: What is your most vivid memory?

Here’s a fairly simple Writing Exercise for memoir or autobiographical writing: What is your most prominent or earliest memory? After you describe this, laying out the settings and people, analyze why you think this memory sticks out to you. For an example, this is one of my most vivid childhood memories involving a loving and […]

Deforming Truth

My search for truth is frustrated How often have you played the lyre? The role of the goddess changes until there is a heartless soul, then nothing – same song after song until even time is redundant so tuning you out becomes an impossible necessary for you’re the one who always plays the lyre

On a Typical Night

On a Typical Night Sparks shoot off the train through the gray, grey morning The whorehouse feels the burning and the fire consumes the liquor store. Until the pistols swell from exploding through the memories of girls who’ve grown to feed on men like meat But men can spoil in the heat and pay off […]

Heating Below Zero

Carefree days can’t make up for careless ways. So if it is too hot – drop it Or you freeze with the pain of the heat So cold it burns It is impossible to endure And you give up and hope Because you may not last.

Sweating Nick

I suddenly understand that you are not sweating from my body and I start to remember the way you squeezed me so close to your hips, to you. Your body is not here now, just your presence. Even if your body did finally arrive and I finally accepted all of you, your presence would be […]

Breathing

The summer days turn into nights And summer nights dissolve But keep breathing The seasons roll by and summer returns.

And You are Not Alone

Something takes a part of me when I see you Old, almost forgotten demons haunt me And I see that you are not alone But you never see me when I am with others If only I could get returned that sense of self that Made me strong, but still, I am barely recovered Because […]

2004

Iraq is in the prayers of the world, while America is burned and shot down. The untouchables sell their Indian goods to Katie and Jocelyn. Communicating across cultures Bush-isms preach family and blindness while The serpent is stripped of regeneration and made phallic as Haiti riots for water ad Canada keeps its door unlocked and […]

Recipe: Cucumber Salad

Salads should be delicious, easy to make and mostly – never boring, especially since cucumbers are so versatile. The French term, “Faire simple” (keep it simple) captures this salad perfectly because it takes less than 10 minutes to make and uses basic ingredients to turn a simple garden vegetable into a meal. Ingredients 3 large […]

Poetry: Time

Tick, tock; the echo of the clock the chiming, rhyming repetitiously against the hour it’s white elegant face, round and smooth, yet, counting away life’s pleasures steadfastly. The clock reminds “never waste time,” The clock and it’s time will always be around looming, ticking and tocking, echoing.

Recipe: Easy Dinner Enchiladas

This is a super fast enchilada recipe that just involves mixing a bunch of things in a bowl, plopping the mix onto a tortilla (or flatbread or pita) and cooking for 15 minutes. It doesn’t get much simpler than this! This is also a very interesting recipe because it is not something one would naturally […]