Are You Recession Ready?

Tom has just had an article on Recession Readiness published in Leadership Journal Mustard Seed Associates hosted our first ever Recession Preparedness Brainstorming Session here in Seattle. We have been concerned about a possible economic downturn since 2007. In fact, I met with the administration and board of a leading evangelical college in January 2008, [...]

Book Review Friday – The Great Good Place

I have decided that I am going to try and make Fridays my book review day – at least for the next couple of months as I continue to read through the mountain of books I have accumulated on different aspects of community. My best book for this week is The Great Good Place by [...]

Grocery Store Wars

Well this seems to have been quite a food related week on my blog and to round it off I have just been meeting with Ricci about her workshop Justice At The Table coming up February 7th.  I was reminded of this fun video produced several years ago by Free Range Studios about organic food.  [...]

Deaths We Ignore

I think it a little ironic that my post yesterday on the 10 most dangerous foods has received so much attention.  We are all concerned about our health and how what we eat might affect us.  Yet we ignore the fact that others face constant risks to their health because of the lack of basic [...]

Ten Most Dangerous Foods

I was going to close down my computer for the night but just came across a link to this article and just had to post it.  More good reasons to grow your own groceries and be educated about where your food comes from.  10 Most Dangerous Foods We all love to eat, but the ugly [...]

Strategies for Planning the Vegetable Garden

Last week I planted the first seeds of the season – peas – not outside but in seedstarters on the front porch (enclosed).  This afternoon Catie, Ricci and Gabriel helped me plant Asian greens = some of our earliest crops for the season.  Hopefully over the weekend I will get lettuce, cabbages and cauliflowers as [...]

World Must Double Food Production by 2050

Here is a very sobering report from the UN on current and future food production.  Many of us are challenged because we can’t go out to eat as much as we used to or because we are having to eat less expensive food items, but the economic crisis has pushed many of our sisters and [...]

Carribean Black Bean and Pumpkin Soup

I just mentioned on Twitter that I was making Black Bean and Pumpkin soup and receved so many responses that I thought I better post the recipe.  Enjoy Title: Caribbean Black Bean And Pumpkin Soup Yield: 8 Servings 1 t  ground cumin 2 lb pumpkin,Pureed 1 lb black beans 1 1/2 c  Coconut Milk 4 [...]

Crystals vs Christ

Here is a great article interviewing Mark Berry on BBC. Keep up the good work Mark .  We need more missionaries like this.

Community In Our Genes

Yesterday in my blog Do Your Friends Know Each Other It Might be In Your Genes I provided a link to an article I found that suggested the way we make friends and whether our friends are also friends is intimately related.  It has set my brain twirling and i have since spent a lot [...]