If you keep burning the candle at both ends, sooner or later you will indulge in more and more mean cynicism – and the line between cynicism and doubt is a very thin one. Of course, different individuals require different numbers of hours of sleep: moreover, some cope with a bit of tiredness better than others. Nevertheless, if you are among those who become nasty, cynical, or even full of doubt when you are missing your sleep, you are morally obligated to try to get the sleep you need. We are whole, complicated beings; our physical existence is tied to our spiritual well-being, to our mental outlook, to our relationships with others, including our relationship with God. Sometimes the godliest thing you can do in the universe is get a good night’s sleep – not pray all night, but sleep. I’m certainly not denying that there may be a place for praying all night; I’m merely insisting that in the normal course of things, spiritual discipline obligates you get the sleep your body needs.

D.A. Carson

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Grains			6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

6		Boneless; skinless, split chicken breasts
1 1/2	c	Diced red or green apples; (about 2 apples)
1/4	c	Golden seedless raisins
1/4	c	Chopped walnuts
3	tb	Minced onion
2/3	ts	Dried sage
		Melted butter or margarine for brushing
4	tb	(1/2 stick) butter or margarine
1/3	c	Apple jelly
1/4	c	Orange juice concentrate; undiluted
1/4	c	Dry sherry

INSTRUCTIONS

GLAZE
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease baking pan and set aside.
Place chicken breasts between sheets of plastic wrap and pound with meat
mallet to 1/4-inch thickness. Set aside
Place apples, raisins, nuts, onion, and sage in bowl and stir to combine.
Place 1 tablespoon apple mixture in center of each breast ad roll up,
enclosing filling completely. Secure with wooden toothpicks and place,
seam-side-down, in single layer in prepared pan. Brush with melted butter
and set aside.
To make glaze, melt 4 tablespoons butter in small saucepan and stir in
apple jelly, orange juice, and sherry. Simmer 3 minutes until jelly is
completely melted.
Bake chicken in preheated oven, basting frequently with glaze, 30-45
minutes or until no longer pink inside. Remove toothpicks before serving.
(Recipe from Gold Kist Farms)
Posted to EAT-L Digest  by Al & Diane Johnson <johnson@NEGIA.NET> on Jan
18, 1998

A Message from our Provider:

“A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride. #C.S. Lewis”