Name: Delectable Date Muffins
Ingredients: 1 1/2 c Rice flour; 1/2 c Brown rice flour; 1 tb Baking powder; 1/2 ts Xanthan gum; 1/2 ts Baking soda; 1/4 ts Salt; 1 c Low-fat buttermilk; 2 Eggs; OR... frozen egg substitute (thawed) OR... Egg whites; 3 tb Vegetable oil; 1/3 c Orange juice concentrate (frozen), thawed; 1 tb Grated orange peel, optional; 1 c Chopped pitted dates

Recently I read again of a woman who simply decided one day to make such a commitment to pray, and my conscience was pricked. But I knew myself well enough to know that something other than resolve was being called for. I began to pray about praying. I expressed to God my frustrated longings, my jaded sense of caution about trying again, my sense of failure over working at being more disciplined and regular. I discovered something surprising happening from such simple praying: I was drawn into the presence of One who had, far more than I did, the power to keep me close. I found my focus subtly shifting away from my efforts to God’s, from rigor to grace, from rigidity to relationship. I soon realized that this was happening regularly. I was praying much more. I became less worried about the mechanics and methods, and in turn I was more motivated. And God so cares for us, I realized anew, that He Himself helps us pray. When we “do not know what we ought to pray for… the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express” (Rom. 8:26) (Timothy Jones).

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs, Vegetables		Breads, Gluten-free	12	Muffins

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	c	Rice flour
1/2	c	Brown rice flour
1	tb	Baking powder
1/2	ts	Xanthan gum
1/2	ts	Baking soda
1/4	ts	Salt
1	c	Low-fat buttermilk
2		Eggs; OR… frozen egg substitute (thawed) OR… Egg whites
3	tb	Vegetable oil
1/3	c	Orange juice concentrate (frozen), thawed
1	tb	Grated orange peel, optional
1	c	Chopped pitted dates

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine rice flour, brown rice flour, baking powder, xanthan gum, baking
soda and salt in large bowl.  Whisk together buttermilk, eggs, oil, juice
concentrate and orange peel in medium bowl; stir in dates.  Make a well in
center of flour mixture; pour in liquid mixture, and stir to combine.
Spoon batter into lightly greased muffin cups.  Use back of wet spoon to
smooth muffin tops.  Bake in 425 degree F. oven 18 to 20 minutes.  Turn
muffins onto wire rack to cool.
Each muffin provides:
* 182 calories
* 4 g. protein
* 5 g. fat
* 32 g. carbohydrate
* 2 g. dietary fiber
* 38 mg. cholesterol
* 186 mg. sodium
*** Variations ***
Maple Rice Bran Muffins: Use 1-3/4 cup rice flour and 1/4 cup rice bran
for flours; substitute 1/3 cup maple syrup for orange juice concentrate;
add 1 cup chopped apples, 1 cup raisins, and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon;
omit orange peel and dates.
Double-Corn Muffins: Substitute 1/2 cup cornmeal for brown rice flour;
omit orange juice concentrate; add 1/4 cup water, and 2 tablespoons honey;
add one 8-3/4-ounce can corn kernels, drained, or 1 cup frozen corn, 1/4
teaspoon red pepper flakes; increase salt to 1/2 teaspoon; omit orange
peel and dates.
Source: Basic Rice Recipes for those with allergies
Reprinted with permission from USA Rice Council
Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias
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A Message from our Provider:

“Jesus: beaten so that you could be unbeatable”

In the process of striving to fulfill our needs and satisfy our desires, the church has slipped into a philosophy of “Christian humanism” that is flawed with self-love, self-esteem, self-fulfillment, and self-glory. There appears to be scant concern about worshiping our glorious God on His terms. So-called worship seems little more than some liturgy (high or low) equated with stained-glass windows, organ music, or emotion-filled songs and prayers. If the bulletin didn’t say “Worship Service,” maybe we wouldn’t know what we were supposed to be doing. And that reflects the absence of a worshiping life- of which a Sunday service is to be only a corporate overflow.

John MacArthur