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John 1:16 – Fullness and the Filling

timdadeelee | January 29, 2010

delivered by C. H. Spurgeon, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. – published on Thursday, March 1st, 1917 ONE Sabbath day I was staying in an Italian town on the other side of the Alps. Of course, the whole population was Romish. Two or three of us, therefore, being Protestants, held a little service for the [...]

Green Chili Pork

timdadeelee | January 20, 2010

From the Chef – Restaurant Recipe: Roaring Fork – Austin, TX 2 cups diced yellow onions 1 cup diced poblanos 2 lb. diced pork 2 Tbsp. minced garlic 2 Tbsp. cumin powder 2 Tbsp. ground coriander 2 Tbsp. jalapeno powder 5 Tbsp. green chili powder 2 Tbsp. onion powder 2 cups chicken stock Salt and [...]

Friends – Wandering ’bout together. Part II

timdadeelee | January 17, 2010

….say you’re wandering ’bout – through life, I mean….finding your way, as it were – through a labyrinth of obstacles – you know, like abandonment, grief, despair, loneliness, achievement, success, failure, walls, hedges, fences, mines, people, relationships, ditches, ravines, mountains, cliffs, and wide open plains that stretch out ahead of you for miles and miles - [...]

Friends – Part I

timdadeelee | January 8, 2010

¿quién was/is su mejor amigo pasado? —- Who was/is your last – best friend? ¿por qué eran/son tales? —- Why were/are they, such? ¿dónde ahora están? —- Where are they now? ¿cuándo usted los verá otra vez? —- When will you see them again? ¿cuándo usted hace qué usted hará? —- When you do, what will [...]

The Definition of Love

timdadeelee | January 3, 2010

The Definition of Love My love is of a birth as rare As ’tis for object strange and high: It was begotten by Despair Upon Impossibility. Magnanimous Despair alone Could show me so divine a thing, Where feeble Hope could ne’er have flown But vainly flapped its tinsel wing. And yet I quickly might arrive [...]

Listen To My Cry! – Walking with Jesus

admin | January 1, 2010

I suppose, that of all the moments in our lives – it is when they are the loneliest – that we truly come to grips with our humanity, one way or another.  And there are moments - - when I find myself – sitting alone – listening, to the silence of a world – of separation [...]