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Chicken Sausage Zucchini Stew
It’s late summer and the zucchini plague is upon us. They are everywhere. Coworkers leave them on the break room table. Roadside farm markets have bushels of them. Neighbors leave them on your porch in the dark. What’s a person to do with them?! This is an old family recipe that I have updated to make it more diet friendly. It is a very hearty…
back from welcoming church training
I am back home after a long, demanding but beneficial weekend training in Columbus. Sunday morning started out with worship at Lord of Life in Worthington. What a wonderful experience that was! This church has a coffee bar in the lobby with leather couches and café tables where they will make you mochas, cappuccinos and espressos to order. The aroma of hot, fresh cookies hits…
telling a good story
This is my last day in Columbus in my welcoming church training. It has been an intensive weekend but also rewarding. Yesterday was quite interesting. We did a lot of work on story telling. Story telling is a critical technique to employ when speaking to a group or even an individual. It basically teaches you to deliver an effective message in as little as two…
more on faith based community organizing
Yesterday was day 2 of my welcoming church program training. It is education of faith-based community organizing. This was formerly the Lutherans Concerned RIC core team training. LC has offered to expand this training to ecumenical partners. In Columbus, we have about equal numbers of people from the United Church of Christ, Presbyterian and ELCA denominations. Most of Friday was spent on learning how to…
welcoming church training
I am in Columbus for weekend training on developing a welcoming church program. The training is specifically about how to approach churches on the issue of welcoming LGBT people into their congregations and making their worship spaces a welcoming place for all people. The principles can actually be applied to other aspects of making groups, workplaces and organizations welcoming to all. We started with dinner…
Sweet and Tangy Glazed Salmon with Lemony Herbed Beans
BariBeary Simple are simple, healthy dinners that you can make in less than 30 minutes with ingredients that you probably have around your kitchen. It’s our take on Rachael Ray’s 30 minute meals. We’ll be posting these recipes midweek; just in time for a no hassle weekend meal. This week’s recipes are for a super simple glazed salmon served with a side of fresh beans….
day at the fair
We were up today at 5:00 a.m. to head to the Hartford Fair. Brett’s family spent the day competing at the draft horse and pony show at their county fair.It was a beautiful day and the temperature was not too hot. Brett actually competed in many of the classes and helped his family getting the horses hitched and ready. I even tried to braid the…