Friends,
Please consider joining me and others around the world in the Live58.org Global Fast on January 25th. This is a monthly event to help raise money to support organizations that may be able to eliminate extreme global poverty in our life time…if enough of us take action! Hope you will join the global church in this effort!
Blessings, Anthony
PS – Right now they are focusing on mosquito nets for Thailand but you may be reading this months after I write this so click on the link above and see how you can help now.
I know it’s been a long time since I’ve posted to this blog but my wife sent me this YouTube video regarding “Teenage Affluenza” and I thought it was worth sharing.
I find the video especially concerning since I have five kids, one of which is already a teenager and another that will be later this year (that and we have heated seats in our van…not a good sign). I am stuck in that position of wanting to bless my kids with a “good life” but simultaneously not wanting to promote “teenage affluenza”. What’s a dad to do? Continue reading Teenage Affluenza→
I realized while I was traveling for business this week and thinking about my family that my kids have fallen for a common trap that frequently derails people from their best future. The phrase I frequently hear lately is “Not bad”. Let me give you some examples of not bad versus good,
Why can’t we listen to that song…it’s “Not Bad“!
or
Why can’t we watch that movie..its “Not Bad“!
The problem with “Not Bad” is that it is not the same as “Good” Continue reading Lesson 006 – “Not Bad” versus “Good”→
This weeks life lesson comes from page 27 of the book “10-Minute Life Lessons for Kids”.
This lesson is basically a lesson in “what is really important”. According to the author, it will “help you talk with your family about establishing priorities with your time, your focus, and your finances. It will also help you discuss making wise choices and creating balance in life.” Continue reading Lesson 004 – Bare Necessities→
Today’s lesson is in response to me witnessing how many interruptions my wife currently tolerates during a typical day of homeschool. I don’t know how she keeps from going crazy and based on a book I read this week I think there might be a better way.
This whole wheat chocolate muffin recipe was inspired by Theresa Harrington of Sheridan, Wyoming. I found her original recipe on Taste of Home.com.
Note: The recipe below is different from the one found on Taste of Home.com. I mill my own flour so I adjusted the recipe accordingly. I also put in the whole container of apple sauce…turns out perfect every time!
Grind the 1 cup of hard white and 2 cups of soft white. (Use it all…don’t worry about measuring it after it’s ground)
In a large bowl, combine the flours, brown sugar, cocoa, salt, baking powder and baking soda. In another bowl, whisk the egg whites, egg, applesauce, milk, oil and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in chocolate chips.
Coat muffin cups with cooking spray; fill three-fourths full with batter. Bake at 350° for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Serve warm.
Don’t be deceived by this short and simple recipe post….this is an amazing balsamic vinaigrette that will have people asking you for the recipe! Continue reading Balsamic Maple Vinaigrette→
We have officially started up “Shabbat” or the Sabbath (our day of rest). Our family refers to it as Shabbat which is the Jewish word for “rest” or “cessation”. I will probably do a “Life Lesson” on Shabbat but I have decided to focus on some memory verses/quotes regarding pleasant words for this week. Below is a list of verses that have to do with kind words or pleasant words. I am going to discuss the importance of pleasant words, review these verses and then assign one verse to each person in the family to memorize and repeat at the next Shabbat: Continue reading Lesson 002 – Pleasant Words→
This pizza dough couldn’t be easier to prepare. Just combine the ingredients in your bread machine and turn on the basic dough cycle (NOT the quick dough cycle). You have to keep hitting the selection button until the little arrows are on both the “basic” and the “dough”. Don’t forget to push start!
