I love to analyze Jesus, the greatest teacher in action. For Him, it was not just about “dumping” information. He engaged His students with gentle love and masterful skill. Finding out where His audience stood and having them express it for themselves. Allowing them to share their thoughts, feelings, concerns and questions. Talking them through their situation. Taking passive listeners and creating active listeners. Instilling a desire to know truth. Always guiding the conversation to a spiritual emphasis. Using an appropriate and strategic economy of words.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Stern1	1	servings

INGREDIENTS

2	lb	Baking potatoes; peeled and cut in
		; half 1 kg
6		Whole cloves garlic; peeled 6
1/2	c	Buttermilk 125 mL
2	tb	Olive oil; optional 25 mL
		Salt and pepper to taste
1	tb	Chopped fresh chives or green onions 15
		; mL

INSTRUCTIONS

Place potatoes and garlic in large pot and cover with cold water.
Bring to boil. Reduce heat and cook for 20 to 30 minutes, or until
potatoes are tender. Drain well.
Meanwhile, in small saucepan, warm buttermilk gently so that it does
not separate.
Mash potatoes and garlic with potato masher or a food mill, with
buttermilk and oil. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in chives.
Converted by MC_Buster.
NOTES : Instead of cooking the whole garlic cloves with the potatoes,
you could squeeze two whole heads of roasted garlic into the
buttermilk while you are heating it. This recipe, from More
HeartSmart Cooking With Bonnie Stern, makes 4 to 5 servings.
Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

A Message from our Provider:

“A spirit of thankfulness is one of the most distinctive marks of a Christian whose heart is attuned to the Lord. Thank God in the midst of trials and every persecution. #Billy Graham”

He stripped off first one robe of honor and then another until, naked, He was fastened to the cross. There He emptied His inmost self, pouring out His lifeblood, giving Himself for all of us. Finally, they laid Him in a borrowed grave. How low was our dear Redeemer brought! How then, can we be proud? Stand at the foot of the cross and count the scarlet drops by which you have been cleansed. See the thorny crown and His scourged shoulders still gushing with the crimson flow of blood. See His hands and feet given up to the rough iron, and His whole self mocked and scorned. See the bitterness, the pangs, and the throes of inward grief show themselves in His outward frame. Hear the chilling shriek, “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46). If you are not humbled in the presence of Jesus, you do not know Him. You were so lost that nothing could save you but the sacrifice of God’s only begotten Son. As Jesus stooped for you, bow in humility at His feet. A realization of Christ’s amazing love has a greater tendency to humble us than even a consciousness of our own guilt. Pride cannot live beneath the cross. Let us sit there and learn our lesson. Then let us rise and carry it into practice.

C.H. Spurgeon