Thought for Today
“The theology of love must seek to deal realistically with the evil and injustice in the world and not merely to compromise with them. — Thomas Merton [Source: The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University. http://www.merton.org%5D
Thought for Today
“The grievous problems facing mankind today can be solved. However the solution must be a spiritual one for material and intellectual ones have been tried and found wanting.”– Eric Butterworth [Source: Discover the Power within You]
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Today is celebrated as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Dr. King’s actual birthday was January 15.
Bob and I recently say the movie The Butler. I don’t usually cry at movies but tears were streaming down my face the entire time. Since then I have been thinking about the young people today who did not live before or during the Civil Rights Movement. It is important that we teach them, that we show them how far we have come and stress how important it is to keep moving forward and never go back. According to the King Center website “the King Library and Archives in Atlanta is the largest repository of primary source materials on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American Civil Rights Movement in the world.” To learn about this important time in our history http://www.thekingcenter.org/ is a good place to start.
Thought for Today
copyright 2010 by R.A. Robbins
“Decide that you are going to do everything in your power to live a simply beautiful life and live your life to the fullest every day… and you will find happiness.” —Dr. Robert Puff, Happiness Expert, Author, Clinical Psychologist [Source: http://www.happinesspodcast.org/%5D
We Need Your Prayers
Almost two years ago Bob woke up pretty much blind. With no medical insurance and losing his job with little hope of finding a new one due to his eye problems the last two years have not always been easy. We have continued to believe that it’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters and have tried to look on the positive side of things.
Once Bob qualified for Medicare in November doctors stopped not being interested because it was “just his eyes” and a whirlwind of referrals and diagnoses began. Just before Christmas we were told he had glaucoma, then a week later a pituitary tumor. Three doctors now agree that there is a pituitary tumor. Whether any of the other things we were told were accurate, we have no way of knowing. The large tumor is pressing on the optic chiasma presumably causing the vision problems. We are being given no options but surgery and are being pressured to have this done right away. This is a serious surgery with serious risks.
So let’s just say we need your prayers. A church prayer chain that reached around the world saved my life years ago as doctors were encouraging my family to end life support, so I know the power of prayer. Please join me in prayer and if anyone knows of alternative treatments for this type of tumor please let us know. You may use the contact form on the About page to contact us.
Healthy Living A to Z: B is for Buckwheat
Copyright R. A. Robbins 2013
Despite its name, buckwheat is a seed from a plant related to rhubarb. Buckwheat does not contain gluten and according to the Celiac Disease Foundation may be safely consumed by individuals with celiac disease and gluten intolerance. Address any concerns about cross contamination with the manufacturer or distributor of specific products.
Hulled seeds of the buckwheat plant are called groats and make a nice hot cereal. Buckwheat flour is ground buckwheat. Light buckwheat flour is made from hulled buckwheat seeds and dark buckwheat flour includes the hulls.
Buckwheat ranks low on the glycemic index. It is also high in fiber, protein, niacin, amino acids, vitamin D, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron and calcium and is a complete protein. Research points to various health benefits including lowering blood pressure and cholesterol.
I use buckwheat flour as a 1:1 substitute for all-purpose flour in baked goods such as cakes and cookies. Buckwheat flour does have a strong flavor. Using half buckwheat flour and half of a flour with a more neutral flavor will help with this.
Read labels of commercial products containing buckwheat flour carefully. Soba noodles and buckwheat pancake mixes often include wheat flour as well.
I hope you will get to know buckwheat. It can be a good way to add variety and fiber to your diet.
Thought for Today
“That which you worship with your time, money, energy and attention becomes your god.” — Jean Bryant [Source: Stop Improving Yourself and Start Living]
Thought for Today
“What is called ‘conversion’ is not the end of the road. Maybe it is simply finding a road on which to travel. To Jesus, religion was not simply a way of believing or worshipping, it was a way of living.” — Eric Butterworth [Source: Discover the Power within You]
Thought for Today
“I used to believe that we must choose between science and reason on one hand, and spirituality on the other, in how we lead our lives. Now I consider this a false choice. We can recover the sense of sacredness, not just in science, but in perhaps every area of life.”— Larry Dossey, M.D. [Source: Reinventing Medicine]
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