America today is a save-yourself society if there ever was one. But does it really work? The underdeveloped societies suffer from one set of diseases: tuberculosis, malnutrition, pneumonia, parasites, typhoid, cholera, typhus, etc. Affluent America has virtually invented a whole new set of diseases: obesity, arteriosclerosis, heart disease, strokes, lung cancer, venereal disease, cirrhosis of the liver, drug addiction, alcoholism, divorce, battered children, suicide, murder. Take your choice. Laborsaving machines have turned out to be body-killing devices. Our affluence has allowed both mobility and isolation of the nuclear family, and as a result our divorce courts, our prisons and our mental institutions are flooded. In saving ourselves we have nearly lost ourselves.

Ralph Winter

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables		Cookies, Vegetables	30	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/4	c	Canola oil
1	c	Almond butter
1/4	c	Maple syrup
1/2	ts	Pure vanilla extract
1	c	Whole wheat pastry flour (Sifted before measuring)
1/4	ts	Salt

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 300F. Lightly grease a baking sheet (or use a nonstick
one). Mix together almond butter and oil; beat until smooth. Mix in maple
syrup and vanilla extract. Stir together flour and salt. Add to almond
butter mixture and mix until just combined. Cover and refrigerate for 10
minutes. Roll dough into 3/4-inch balls. Place on baking sheet and flatten
with a fork. Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes, until bottoms are
lightly browned. Cool a couple of minutes on the baking sheet, then
transfer to a cooling rack. Eat. Variation: try with other nut butters.
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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“If you want to be a leader, you must serve.”

2 Peter 1:21 says, “Men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.” The Greek word for “moved” is “phero.” It’s a verb that is translated “bring, carry or bear.” It’s the same word that used twice in Acts 27 –Paul’s famous voyage to Rome – of the ship that was at the mercy of the breeze being caried by the wind. It’s origin of the English name, “Christopher.” Christos (Christ) – Phero (Bearing) – Bearing Christ. So, this tells us that the men who wrote Scripture did not have heightened powers or mystical visions or even an ear for God to dictate His word. Rather, they wrote what they knew to be true using their own words, style, experiences and personalities, but as they wrote, the Holy Spirit (pheuma-the same Greek word used in the Bible for wind) was bearing them along. Therefore, when they wrote they wrote the very Word of God.

Randy Smith