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Christian Men’s Breakfast, notes for March 13, 2010

The discussion notes for breakfast on 3-13-2010 (”God’s Call for Personal Holiness”) are now online. We’ll take a look at the words you would use to describe yourself. How would your friends and family describe you, and would the word “holy” be included in the description? Study verses: 1 Peter 1:15-161 Peter 1:15-16
English: Good News Bible (1992) - GNB

15 Instead, be holy in all that you do, just as God who called you is holy. 16 : . The scripture says, “Be holy because I am holy.”

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Pie Crust (aka “Pastry”)

Some people are afraid of making pie crust. I've never used a store-bought pie crust, and don't plan on starting now. It really isn't that hard, once you get the hang of it. The Quick Instructions are more guidance than you really need after you've done this a few times. The Detailed Instructions contain all my tips and secrets for the absolute first time pie baker.

Recipe: Tom’s Pie Crust

Summary: This is the traditional recipe for making pie crust (called “pastry” by some), as taught to me by my grandmother. These basic instructions are in pretty wide use, and used generally by most everyone I know who makes pie crust.

Ingredients

{For one pie crust, for an open face pie such as pumpkin pie. Double the recipe if you need a top and bottom crust, as in the traditional closed apple pie}

  • 1/3 cup shortening or lard.
  • 1 cup all purpose flour (not self rising)
  • 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon salt (omit if desired)
  • ice water

Instructions

Quick Instructions: Mix shortening and flour. Add water until mixture just sticks together in a ball. Roll out, and put in a greased and floured pie pan.

Detailed Instructions:

  1. Cut the shortening into the flour and salt (salt is optional). I use my hands, but there is a kitchen tool for this purpose, if you don’t like getting flour on your hands.
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Christian Men’s Breakfast, notes for March 6, 2010

The discussion notes for breakfast on 3-6-2010 (”A New Perspective”) are now online. This week we ask, “much are you willing to give for God?” Study verses: Philippians 1:20-23Philippians 1:20-23
English: Good News Bible (1992) - GNB

20 My deep desire and hope is that I shall never fail in my duty, but that at all times, and especially right now, I shall be full of courage, so that with my whole being I shall bring honor to Christ, whether I live or die. 21 For what is life? To me, it is Christ. Death, then, will bring more. 22 But if by continuing to live I can do more worthwhile work, then I am not sure which I should choose. 23 I am pulled in two directions. I want very much to leave this life and be with Christ, which is a far better thing;

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Haitian history — the story of Bois Caiman

Haiti has been in the news as my church and many others work to help a country in unimaginable need. I remembered a conversation with a Haitian guest.

A couple of years ago our Christian Men’s Breakfast group was honored with the visit from a Haitian minister, in the US, at the time, to raise funds for church building in Haiti. He relayed some remarks to us, in effect saying that Haiti was under a curse because of a voudou pact it’s leaders had made to get their independence a couple of centuries ago. I hadn’t thought too much about those remarks until recently, when I asked a friend who has some pretty direct connections to Haiti. He referred me to “Bois Caiman” and suggested a Google© search would shed some light on Haitian history, and the background of what our preacher guest had told us. I thought the matter is interesting—read this and judge for yourself.

According to http://www.haitianmedia.com/index.php/42 (the website calls itself, “the #1 Haitian Journalist”):

Bois Caiman is site of the voodoo ceremony presided over by Dutty Boukman on August 14 1791. It is widely accepted as the starting point for the Haitian Revolution. Some scholars, however, have deemphasized the role of the Bois Caiman ceremony in sparking the Haitian revolution or have even gone so far as to question whether the event even took place. Whatever the ultimate disposition of these claims, no one can deny that the historical memory Bois Caiman has political and spiritual resonance for many Haitians to the present day. Continue reading →

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Windows installation EXTREMELY TEDIOUS

Recommendation for Windows Vista Installation: Don't try this at home (or anywhere else)

I really don’t see the logic in installing Microsoft Windows , when there are so many good distributions of Linux out there. Anyway, at the request of a close relative, I’m installing Microsoft Windows from a “reinstall” disk. This is actually a fresh installation over a previous installation that could not be resurrected due to a lost password. The process, of course, is simple since it is just installing onto a machine that the disk was custom designed to handle. I wonder what I’d face, if I’d bought an off the shelf copy of Windows Vista to install on this laptop. But I digress. After installing the OS, I began the tedious task of installing the updates online. Again, it seems pretty simple, but extremely tedious. The whole process takes hours.

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K_Line Christian Online: New Features, Changes

  • I've added a new "Random Quote" section on the top of the right column.
  • The "Polls" section (lower, on the right column) has been modified to present a new random survey each time you enter a page on this site.
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Christian Men’s Breakfast, notes for February 27, 2010

The discussion notes for breakfast on February 27, 2010 (”A Lost Hope”) are now online. Have you ever felt you were “losing the race?” This week we discuss the case of a man who was the fastest runner in the state. He bet his life on one race. If you bet your life on something, make sure it is something you can trust. Our verses this week are 1 Peter 4:12-141 Peter 4:12-14
English: Good News Bible (1992) - GNB

Suffering as a Christian 12 My dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful test you are suffering, as though something unusual were happening to you. 13 Rather be glad that you are sharing Christ's sufferings, so that you may be full of joy when his glory is revealed. 14 Happy are you if you are insulted because you are Christ's followers; this means that the glorious Spirit, the Spirit of God, is resting on you.

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Christian Men’s Breakfast, notes for February 20, 2010

The discussion notes for breakfast on February 20, 2010 (”Nobody Special”) are now online. Bible verse: John 5:5-6John 5:5-6
English: Good News Bible (1992) - GNB

5 A man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years. 6 Jesus saw him lying there, and he knew that the man had been sick for such a long time; so he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

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Christian Men’s Breakfast, notes for February 13, 2010

The discussion notes for breakfast on February 13, 2010 (”A Cry for Help”) are now online.

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All surveys reopened

All of the K_Line Christian Online survey’s have been reopened. This means that you can register your point of view on all of the surveys from the past year. Do you agree (or disagree) with the survey respondents–as of 2-11-2010–who placed Aaron Burr and “Fergie” ahead of John F. Kennedy as their favorite Americans??? See the “Good Americans” poll.

In the poll for “What Annoys or Offends You the Most?,” the top vote getters are “People who use the term “extremely unique.” and “Democrats.”

See ALL of the survey topics by clicking the “SURVEYS” tab at the top of this page.