Yes, I know your mom’s homemade eggnog is the best ever, but sometimes you just want to open a bottle or carton of the stuff from the local store.
Here in the Berkshires the best eggnog from a store is High Lawn Farm in Lee, MA, hands down! But you can’t get it everywhere in the land, so I took a highly unscientific poll from all my social media friends and followers asking what they like where they live. Here’s what I found. Continue reading
Once again, as the old year passes and the new year beckons, it is my custom to look back at my most viewed posts of the year. I started this blog in 2009 and 2022 was our best year for both views and visits. This year wasn’t quite as good, but we still had 63,922 views and 50,310 visitors. I thank everybody that came by.
I began this blog as mostly theology and a place to post my writings and sermons. But early on I started posting pictures and recipes of my food. All of those can also be found at my cooking blog “Rick’s Recipes.” Continue reading
In my recent post about my cooking blog I boasted that I have over 100 cookbooks. It’s true. One of my friends asked which ones are my favorites? A good question! But, a hard question, because I have so many favorites. Continue reading
My daughter-in-law introduced me to this wonderful recipe. This is simplicity itself. Just eggs, milk, flour and butter whisked together and baked, and you have a lovely breakfast or brunch dish that has a texture somewhere between a pancake and a fluffy omelet. Serves four to six. Continue reading
“Everybody comes to Rick’s.”
Yes, I do. It’s called Rick’s Recipes, and it has all the recipes that are here on this blog and more, 52 in all. Continue reading
Thomas Merton and Karl Barth died on this day in 1968, Barth in Basel at the age of 82, and Merton in Bangok, Thailand at the age of 53. They couldn’t have been more different, but they both were powerful influences on me. Back on this day in 2009 I wrote a post called “An Appreciation: Thomas Merton and Karl Barth.” To read it go here. Continue reading
By Richard L. Floyd
“We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now; and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.” – Romans 8: 22-23
The Advent hope recognizes that there is something unfinished about God’s creation. In today’s passage from Romans Paul employs the metaphor of childbirth, the “whole creation groaning in labor pains,” to describe the ongoing process of creation. Continue reading
Variations on this dish are a staple in our house. If you have a well-seasoned wok, by all means use it. A 12 -inch skillet will also do nicely. I’ve been pleased with wild caught Argentinian Red shrimp, which I buy frozen and thaw out under cold running water. Continue reading
In every congregation I have known, including this one, we pray each week the prayer that Jesus taught his disciples. And in that prayer is the petition that “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”
Today, I would like to explore with you what that prayer might mean. What does it mean to pray for the kingdom to come? What is the kingdom of God? And, on this Sunday when the church celebrates Christ the King, what does it mean to say that Christ is king? And what kind of King might he be? Continue reading
“Enough” by Cassidy Hutchinson. Simon and Schuster, 2023. 363 pages.
Last Sunday in church, during the “Joys and Concerns” a joy was lifted up for the birth of a baby girl named Cassidy. She will not be the last of the Cassidys named after the poised young women in the white blazer. Cassidy Hutchinson became a household name when she testified to the United States House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. How that brave young woman got to that witness stand is the story of this compelling memoir. Continue reading
