Iced Green Tea

I usually leave the recipe posting to my lady friends, but this tea is really one of the best drinks I've ever made. And, it's really healthy too. I got this from a co-worker, and I don't know where she got it, but I'm glad I know about it.=

Iced Cinnamon Green Tea

2 cinnamon sticks

4 whole cardamom seeds

4 or 5 whole pepper corns

4 bags of green tea


Bring a pot of water to boil. Add the cinnamon sticks and pepper corns. Crack open just slightly the cardamom seeds, then add to the water. Allow to simmer for 4 or 5 minutes. Add tea bags and steep 2-4 minutes. Strain the whole lot. I sometimes leave the cinnamon sticks in the pitcher. This tea is awesome without any extra sweetener, but I sometimes add a bit of agave nectar if I want some sweetener. This is a good drink for people who need adhere to a less caffeinated diet, or who are working with inflammatory issues like Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.

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Posted in: My Cooking,My Health

When Being "Smart" Makes you Dumb

I suppose that many of you have heard of the recent fall out in many evangelical circles following the release of Rob Bell's new book Love Wins. If not, you can read up on it here.

Now today, our local news released this article explaining how local pastor Chad Holtz was fired from his position as pastor after releasing his views on the subject on his blog, which you can read here.

Rather than offer a full explanation of my views here, I'll sum it up by saying that I think it was right that Mr. Holtz was fired. After reviewing several other pages on his website, I think what we find is a very good example of what happens when we become too smart for our own good.

Mr. Holtz, (and Mr. Bell for that matter) give us a good sampling of how, despite a vast knowledge of Scripture and theology, one can over-analyze a concept until all that's left are the weak dogmas of human wisdom, which have been "peppered" with Christian jargon.

God does not need our defense of His character, His ways, or His Wisdom. He does not need us to devise ways to explain why sin is uncomfortable and ugly. He does not need our "wisdom."

I pray that the Church will not give in to the error of thinking that a philosophical breakdown of God's Word will help us make peace with sin. I pray that the Church will not foster a warped understanding of wisdom.

"For it is written, 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.'"

1 Corinthians 1:19

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Posted in: My Faith,My Perspective

Return to Blogosphere

While I still have a few tweaks to make here and there, I'm back on the blogging scene with a new look. Keep coming back for the latest. Please disregard the links at the top of the page for the time being.

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Problems

I have successfully messed up my blog template. Please disregard the templates until further notice.

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Winding Down (or Up)

Most of you who know me know that I have been in grad school now for what seems like forever. Actually, it's been more like 4 years, 5 if you count the time spent in the Chinese University. But I rarely feel like there's much "free" time to do much blogging, though I truly enjoy it. So, after August 9 (the due date of my LAST project), I hope to come back to the blogging world with a newly designed blog and some more regular appearances. So please come around every now and then, and feel free to say words for me to read.

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