The idea that the service to God should have only to do with a church altar, singing, reading, sacrifice, and the like is without doubt but the worst trick of the devil. How could the devil have led us more effectively astray than by the narrow conception that service to God takes place only in church and by works done therein… The whole world could abound with services to the Lord…not only in churches but also in the home, kitchen, workshop, field.

Martin Luther

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains	French		1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	c	Chestnuts, ground
1/2	c	Whole wheat flour (I used barley flour)
1/2	c	Nutritional yeast
4	tb	Lemon juice
1		Potato, grated
4		Stalks green onion, thinly sliced
2		Stalks celery, grated
1		Carrot, grated
1	tb	Soy sauce, (orig: 1 tsp salt)
1	ts	Basil
1	ts	Thyme
1	ts	Sage
1	tb	Fresh rosemary, or 1 tsp dried
1 1/2	c	Warm water
		Sprinkles of cayenne

INSTRUCTIONS

Prepare chestnuts by cutting an X on the flat side with a sharp knife, then
roasting in a 400 degree oven for 15 minutes. Shell the nuts and chop
coarsely.
Measure out 1 1/2 cups then put them in a blender or food processor and
grind them to a fine powder or paste. Mix all ingredients in a bowl, then
transfer to a loaf pan - sprinkle with cayenne and bake at 350 degrees for
an hour. Cool completely, unmold, slice thin a serve with french bread or
lowfat crackers.
"Actually, the cayenne thing was a fortunate mistake - I grabbed it instead
of the paprika! "
Posted to Digest eat-lf.v096.n240
Recipe by: FF List:Therese (Ellen C.)
From: "Ellen C." <ellen@elekta.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 13:40:58 -0500

A Message from our Provider:

“Forbidden fruits create many jams”

The Bible never discusses this psychological fact of human unhappiness in marriage when it discusses the inviolability of marriage and when it forbids divorce. Christians in our day need to face this fact, for fact it is. To put it as bluntly as the Bible does, the Lord is as much as saying, I know you are unhappy but your unhappiness does not change your obligation to your marriage. I know you think your life would be much better if you were out of this marriage or could have another woman for your wife, but that does not in any way diminish your obligation to remain faithful to your wife... Listen, "The Lord knows our frame. He remembers that we are dust." He is full of a perfect sympathy for the trials and tribulations of human life. There can be no thought of His not caring for the pain caused to his children who find themselves in a loveless marriage. He wants us to be happy. But, he wants us to be holy even more! And, the fact is, there are a great many things that are very hard to do in the Christian life but which Christians must do, come wind, come weather. No one can read the Bible and conclude that the Lord would never ask his children to suffer for his sake, to make sacrifices for His sake, even punishingly difficult sacrifices.

Robert Rayburn