Name: Pix Rowe Miller's Family Fish Chowder
Ingredients: 6 sl Bacon; 1/4" thick; 3 c Diced yellow onions; 6 md Potatoes; peeled; 1 lb Haddock; 1 lb Cod; 2 cn Evaporated milk; (3 cups); 1 c Whole milk; Salt; Freshly ground pepper

Laymen sometimes think they need not be theologians. That, however, is a very great mistake. They do need to be theologians; at least, they should be amateur theologians. In fact, that is the one vocation every man is obliged to follow. A layman does not need to be a plumber, a carpenter, a lawyer, a doctor, a teacher, a laborer, a housewife. These are all possibilities, not necessities. A layman may be one of these or the other as he chooses. But he must be a theologian. This is not an option with him but a requirement… A lay theologian is a person who has a true knowledge of God which he understands in nontechnical, nonprofessional, nonacademic terms… Is it not clear why a layman must necessarily be a theologian? Is there anyone, layman or otherwise, who does not need to know God? Does the Scripture not say, “This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou has sent” (John 17:3)? It is, then, no mere option with a layman whether he will be a theologian or not, whether he will have eternal life or not; it is no option with him whether he will know God or not. The knowledge of God is necessary to eternal life. And if eternal life is necessary for every man, then theology is also necessary for every man.

John Gerstner

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Seafood, Dairy		Fish, Soup	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

6	sl	Bacon; 1/4" thick
3	c	Diced yellow onions
6	md	Potatoes; peeled
1	lb	Haddock
1	lb	Cod
2	cn	Evaporated milk; (3 cups)
1	c	Whole milk
		Salt
		Freshly ground pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Fry the bacon, remove from the pan, and place on a paper towel. Saute the
onions in the bacon fat and set the pan aside. Cut the potatoes in half the
long way, then into 1/4" slices. Put them in a nonreactive pot large enough
for the chowder. Cover the potatoes with water and boil until tender. Be
careful not to put in too much water or the chowder will be soupy. While
the potatoes are cooking, cut the fish into generous bite-sized pieces.
When the potatoes are ready, add the fish to the pot, cover and simmer
until the fish flakes. When the fish is done, crumble the bacon and add it
to the pot along with the onions and any grease in the pan, the evaporated
and whole milks. Bring the mixture to boil, cover, and turn the heat down.
Simmer for five minutes and add salt and pper to taste. Chowder invariably
tastes better when made a day ahead.
According to Katherine Hall Page.... The Rowe recipe may be happily
modified in all sorts of ways. The chowder is still quite delectable with
olive oil instead of bacon fat. You may also use salt pork. Two kinds of
fish make for a more interesting chowder, but these can be any combination
of the following: haddock, cod, pollack, monkfish and hake. Finally there
is the question of garnishes: dill chopped parsley, oyster crackers, butter
are all good. And Faith and Pix's friend on Sanpere, Jane Weiss, swears by
her chowder to which she adds curry spices!
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #191
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 08:34:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: PatH <phannema@wizard.ucr.edu>
NOTES : Body in the Basement: A Faith Fairchild Mystery. Pix Miller,
Faith's Neighbor. They live in Maine.

A Message from our Provider:

“With Jesus, you can do it”

Seven Tactics of Temptation: 1. Satan especially likes to tempt us when our faith is fresh, i.e., when the Christian is only recently converted and thus less prepared to know how to resist his seductive suggestions. 2. Satan especially likes to tempt us when our faith feels strongest, i.e., when we think we are invulnerable to sin. If we are convinced that we have it under control, we become less diligent. 3. Satan especially likes to tempt us when we are in an alien environment. 4. Satan also likes to tempt us when our faith is being tested in the fires of affliction. When we are tired, burnt out, persecuted, feeling excluded and ignored, Satan makes his play. His most common tactic is to suggest that God isn’t fair, that he is treating us unjustly, from which platform Satan then launches his seductive appeal that we need no longer obey. 5. Satan especially likes to tempt us immediately following both spiritual highs and spiritual lows. Periods of emotional elation and physical prosperity can sometimes lead to complacency, pride, and a false sense of security. When they do, we’re easy targets for the enemy’s arrows. 6. Perhaps Satan's most effective tactic in tempting us is to put his thoughts into our minds and then blame us for having them. 7. A related tactic of temptation is for him to launch his accusations as if they were from the Holy Spirit. In other words, he couches his terms and chooses his opportunities in such a way that we might easily mistake his voice for that of God.

Sam Storms