4-6 servings from Soups from a Monastery Kitchen, Brother Victor-Antoine, Arcadia Publishing, 1996 Ingredients 6 medium sized courgettes 1 leek 1 tsp salt 2 pints (1.2L) water 1/2 cup (2 oz, 50g pesto) 1 8 oz (225g) container plain yoghurt fresh basil leaves and extra yoghurt as garnish 3 tablespoons lemon juice Method 1. Slice […]
Isaiah 28:27-29 27 A farmer doesn’t use a sledge to crush dill; he doesn’t use a wagon wheel to crush cumin. He uses a small stick to break open the dill, and with a rod he opens the cumin. 28 The grain is ground to make bread. People do not ruin it by ·crushing it forever. The farmer […]
A scientist/horticulturist who is neither a practising Jew nor a believing Christian spoke about the natural realities of this most spiritually significant of all trees, the Olive. This account is of the agricultural method of increasing yield, by someone not familiar with the Bible’s teachings in the Apostles Teachings to the Romans. This explanation is […]
Food bags are still a HUGE help! As the war goes on, things are still difficult all over Ukraine. Many jobs have been lost. Food and gas are more expensive and difficult to come by. Every week, the staff and volunteers at at our Y centre do the monotonous work of filling food bags. From […]
“This war has ruined the life you had and the one you’ve been building.” We have a team in a region that has been under an intensive attack the past couple of weeks. Another team this week is going to Kharkiv region. We started fixing homes for winter – putting in windows, this week the […]
Even in the midst of war, we come across stories like the following which shows the devotion and passion for others. A number of teachers are managing to continue their classes online from the trenches. Here in Ukraine, there are a number of teachers who are serving in the military but still finding ways to […]
From a missionary serving in the Ukraine “Today we saw what is the loss, the devastation, the pain, the need. We see the real consequences of war. Behind me in the photo is just a speck of the Kyiv region – area that was a real battle field, occupied for over 40 days, shelled first […]
from Soups from a Monastery Kitchen, Brother Victoire-Antoine. Arcadia Publishing 1996. Serves 4 Ingredients: 1 onion 1 carrot 1 celery stalk 4 mushrooms 6 tablespoons oil 2 pints (1.2l) water Salt & pepper to taste Dumplings: 12 oz (360g) mashed potatoes 1 tsp salt 1 egg 1 tablespoon chopped parsley 2.5 oz (75g) flour Method: […]
Rodney Shottter Jun 8 Acts 1:8; Acts 2:4 What a roller-coaster of emotions the disciples had experienced over the the days before and after the Crucifixion. They had undergone all the emotions of bereavement, interwoven with fear, and then Jesus appeared among them in the upper room – suddenly they are filled with hope! But […]
Ira Kapitonova is with Ivan Kapitonov and Dmytro Bereza Oh grant us help against the foe, for vain is the salvation of man! With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes (Psalm 108:12-13) The war continues. Every evening, we hear the sounds of airplanes or missiles. Sometimes we […]
