(HT: Christine at Memories of a Catholic Wife and Mother, whose mention of food blogs directed me to some new reading material!) Discovering Organic and Thrifty couldn't have come at a better time, as I really needed to clean out my fridge and I really need to do a better job o...

I’ve just come in from my daily inspection of the main water tank, which has now fallen below the one-third full mark. We’ve been rationing our water use since the borehole pump’s control panel failed but we’ll now have to move to much tighter rationing. The Other Half is at ...

About Kathryn Street   Kathryn Street, became involved in ministry at a very young age.  She is the granddaughter of the Late Bishop Henry “Q Streetâ€� Williams – the “Let My Soul Live Preacherâ€�. Kathryn knew she was called to serve the body of Christ at the age of 10 in which she ...

Back in December, I had the opportunity to speak at the Defrag Conference alongside Dick Hardt (now at Microsoft) and Chris Shipley of DEMO. During that talk, I referred to the trend of “information day trading” across the social web on services like Twitter and FriendFeed. For many peop...

(-Picture of Dubai by Qba from Poland via Flickr) In most Middle Eastern Muslim dominated countries, Christians are persecuted and seldom allowed to build new churches or even remodel the ancient ones they do have. However, in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates, the government has given land and favo...

One of my favorite parables of Christ is found in Matthew 13:24-30 The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. But when the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the tar...

I remember being young and hearing having my dad ask me, "Why didn't you (you fill in the blank) like I asked you to?" I would always respond with the same tired reply, "I forgot!". To which my dad would reply, "You did not forget, you chose not to remember!" In tru...

Our fall and early winter vacillated between warm, springlike weather which encouraged the cover crop, and crisp, cold, dry weather which is subsequently hard on the tender cover crop. The dry weather made it easier for workers to cut canes and clear the vineyards in anticipation of pruning, but we ...

Okay, St. Augustine is pretty damn far from here. And half of the bands on the Harvest of Hope festival bill, well, we've never heard of them. However, if you overwhelmed with a sense of loss after La...

We are commissioned as he wassent by God, by the empowering of the spiritto continue his service, his servanthood,taking up our cross, joining Christ’s yokewalking with our creator, with our saviortilling the fields, planting the seeds,watering, nurturing, pruning,the work in the garden never endi...