Name: Sesame Soba Noodle and Vegetable Salad
Ingredients: 2 tb Sesame seeds; 12 oz Dried buckwheat noodles (fancy soba)*; 4 tb Peanut oil; 1 tb Oriental sesame oil; 6 tb Seasoned rice vinegar*; 12 oz English hothouse cucumber, seeded, shredded; 8 oz Carrots, peeled, shredded; 6 lg Radishes, trimmed, sliced; 3 Green onions, thinly sliced

The gospel being what it is and always will be, “the message of reconciliation” (2 Corinthians 5:19), our churches should be the most reconciling, peaceable, relaxed, happy places in town. We are so open to enemies, so meek in the face of insults and injuries, so forgiving toward the undeserving — if we do make people angry, let this be the reason. We refuse to join in their selfish battles. We’re following a higher call. We are the peacemakers, the true sons of God (Matthew 5:9).

Ray Ortlund

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains	Asian	Salads	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	tb	Sesame seeds
12	oz	Dried buckwheat noodles (fancy soba)*
4	tb	Peanut oil
1	tb	Oriental sesame oil
6	tb	Seasoned rice vinegar*
12	oz	English hothouse cucumber, seeded, shredded
8	oz	Carrots, peeled, shredded
6	lg	Radishes, trimmed, sliced
3		Green onions, thinly sliced

INSTRUCTIONS

*Buckwheat noodles and seasoned rice vinegar are available at Asian markets
and in the Asian section of some supermarkets.
Toast sesame seeds in heavy small skillet over medium-low heat. Cool.
Cook noodles in pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still
firm to bite, about 8 minutes. Drain. Rinse noodles under cold water until
cool. Drain well; transfer to large bowl. Add both oils and toss to coat.
Mix vinegar and all remaining ingredients into noodles. Season with salt
and pepper. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve.
Bon App.tit July 1995
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #008
From: Julie Bertholf <jewel1@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 23:43:22 -0800

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“Our love for God is the heartbeat of our mission.”

It is a most lamentable thing to see how most people spend their time and their energy for trifles, while God is cast aside. He who is all seems to them as nothing, and that which is nothing seems to them as good as all. It is lamentable indeed, knowing that God has set mankind in such a race where heaven or hell is their certain end, that they should sit down and loiter, or run after the childish toys of the world, forgetting the prize they should run for. Were it but possible for one of us to see this business as the all-seeing God does, and see what most men and women in the world are interested in and what they are doing every day, it would be the saddest sight imaginable. Oh, how we should marvel at their madness and lament their self-delusion! If God had never told them what they were sent into the world to do, or what was before them in another world, then there would have been some excuse. But it is His sealed word, and they profess to believe it.

Richard Baxter