Families of Life

2009-07-06T16:06:00.000-07:00

Due to the high pace of life we have decided to change the journal format. If you look at the side bar, you will see a list called "Our Regular Features." In this list is all the blogs that contribute to our journal. Just click on each one to see the latest posts.

Love you all.
BettySue
Secratary of the Internet
Bread of Life Christian Fellowship

May

2009-05-10T14:35:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the May issue of the Families of Life Journal. We hope you enjoy:-) Please feel free to comment and let us know what you think.
Sis Betty Sue
P.S. Be sure to read to the comics at the bottom.

Sis Betty at Mama Betty Says tells us life is like a scooter.

TORTILLAS
3 cups flour (white, whole wheat, etc.)
1 teaspoon salt
3 Tablespoons shortening (butter, lard, oil, veggie shortening)
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1 cup hot water

Mix the dries. Add water. Mix until smooth. Divide into twelve balls. flatten with rolling pin until 1/4 inch thick (I like mine a bit thinner, honestly). Fry in hot, dry skillet until done (about twenty seconds). Turn and fry until done. Cover with towel to keep warm until serving.

Takes practice to make them round.

Sis Joy at Nevada Nature tells us about The Mountain Bluebird

Sis Leigh has a story for us in the Kids Korner: A Caring Heart 2

The Bread of Life Book Store is having a sale this month!

Created to be His Help Meet- by Debi Pearl-12.00 Buy "Created" for $12.00 and get the accompanying workbook "Journey" for half price!
Do you want a heavenly marriage? Yes, it is possible. This book was written by Debi Pearl, long time pastor's wife and counceler. More importantly, she has been married to the same man for more than thirty years! What does the Bible say about a woman's relationship with her husband? Is she his slave? His boss? His better? Or is a wife supposed to be a man's most valuable asset? His right arm?
This book has saved failing marriages and transformed good marriages into great ones.

Find out what the Bible really says.
Click Here to buy.

Sis Mary at Mary's Musings asks "Do you have the Symtoms?"

Bro. Andy at Andy's Insights Enjoys Doc Watson and Ricky Scaggs with Allison Krause

Our Calender of Events.

Bro Danny at For the Men talks about judging others.

Have you seen our Church's NEW home page?

Sis Leigh at Life's Lessons also talks about a Single Woman's Emergancy Help List.

Sis Betty Sue at The Family and The Church writes a Letter to You.

Bro John's Sermons are posted Here every week.

Bro. Jim's
Incredible Pete
(Click on the comic to see a larger version)

April

2009-04-04T12:58:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the April issue of the Families of Life Journal. We hope you enjoy:-) Please feel free to comment and let us know what you think.
Sis Betty Sue
P.S. Be sure to read to the comics at the bottom.

Sis Betty at Mama Betty Says tells us to Sing a Song.

BASIC MUFFINS

2 cups flour (whole wheat, white, ½ oat, ½ rice, etc.)
1-2 eggs
¼-2/3 cups honey, molasses or maple syrup, or ½-1 1/3 cups sugar
1 cup liquid (buttermilk, sour milk, fresh milk, thinned yogurt, or ¾ -1 cup apple or pineapple juice)
1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda

Optional
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup fresh fruit or veggies (grated, chopped, mashed) Replace some or all other liquids.
¼-½ cup dried fruit and/or nuts
up to 2 Tablespoons fat (butter, olive oil) Gives a firmer crumb. won’t crumble as easily. Makes more filling.
2 teaspoon - 2 Tablespoons cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and/or vanilla, etc.

Mix ingredients. Put into greased (oil, butter, non-stick spray) muffin tins. bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes. Whole wheat will not rise as much as white.

If you have a heavy duty blender, (any tough enough to chop ice), you can grind grain in it. Put all the liquids into the blender, then add grains. If the vortex in the middle disappears, add a little more liquid. When the grain is ground, add the rest of the ingredients.

Sis Carri at Our Adoption Adventure tells us about Two Bowls and Laying Down Our Lives.

Sis Joy at Nevada Nature tells us about The Red Fox.

Sis Leigh has a story for us in the Kids Korner: A Caring Heart

The Bread of Life Book Store is having a sale this month!

For Men Only- by Michael Pearl-5.00 $4.50
This CD is a sermon just for men. Women should NOT listen to it.

Want to know how to be the kind of husband God tells us to be?

Click Here to buy.

Sis Mary at Mary's Musings Talks about Looking Good or Being Good.

Bro. Andy at Andy's Insights Enjoys Taxes.

Our Calender of Events.

Bro Danny at For the Men talks about Running the Race.

Have you seen our Church's NEW home page?

Sis Leigh at Leigh's Life's Lessons also talks about a Single Woman's Emergancy Help List.

Sis Betty Sue at The Family and The Church talks about Good and Evil.

Bro John's Sermons are posted Here every week.

Bro. Jim's
Incredible Pete
(Click on the comic to see a larger version)

March

2009-03-10T00:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the March issue of the Families of Life Journal. We hope you enjoy:-) Please feel free to comment and let us know what you think.
Sis Betty Sue
P.S. Be sure to read to the comics at the bottom.

Sis Betty at Mama Betty Says talks about changes.

BASIC CAKE
2 cups flour (white or wheat)
1 ½ cup sugar (or substitute honey, maple syrup, etc. if you use a liquid sweetner instead of a dry, increase the flour a bit to get the correct consistancy.)

1 Tablespoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup fat (shortening, butter, etc)
3 eggs
1 -1/3 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla

Add any flavorings you want to use. Mix the dries in one bowl, the fat, eggs and sweet in another, and the liquids in a third. mix them together a little at a time, first adding one then the other then the third.

Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 30min

Sis Carri at Our Adoption Adventure is just waiting.

Sis Joy at Nevada Nature tells us about The Jack Rabbit.

Sis Leigh has a story for us in the Kids Korner: True Courage

The Bread of Life Book Store
is having a sale this month!

To Train Up a Child by Michael and Debi Pearl-5.00 $4.50
This is absolutely the best book on child training and rearing I have ever found! I think EVERY parent should read this book. What does the Bible say about training children? How do you get your child to obey? Should you? How do you really love your child? This book answers your questions from the Bible. Click Here to buy.

Sis Mary at Mary's Musings Talks about What You Deserve.

Bro. Andy at Andy's Insights Enjoys the spring weather.

Our Calender of Events.

Bro Danny at For the Men talks about Running the Race.

Have you seen our Church's home page?

Sis Leigh at Leigh's Life's Lessons also talks about Making the Choice for Singleness

Sis Betty Sue at The Family and The Church asks "Who was Jesus and is the Bible True?"

Bro John's Sermons are posted Here every week.

Bro. Jim's
Incredible Pete
(Click on the comic to see a larger version)

February

2009-02-10T12:00:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the February issue of the Families of Life Journal.
We hope you enjoy:-) Please feel free to comment and let us know what you think.

Sis Betty Sue

P.S. Be sure to read to the comics at the bottom.

Sis Betty at Mama Betty Says talks about frustrations.

BASIC BREAD FOR MACHINE (1 1/2 lb loaf)

9 oz water
3 teaspoon yeast
3 cups whole wheat flour
½ Tablespoon salt
2 Tablespoon olive oil or butter
2 Tablespoon honey

Use the "Whole Wheat" or the longest setting on your machine.

This loaf won't rise very high, but still tastes good.

Sis Carri at Our Adoption Adventure tells us some tidbits about their children here and here.

Sis Joy at Nevada Nature tells us about The Pronghorn Antelope.

Sis Leigh has a story for us in the Kids Korner: Noah's Ship of Grace

The Bread of Life Book Store is having a sale this month!

A-B-C Bible Verse Songs- 5.00 $4.50!
Adorable songs sung by children who were obviously having fun. Makes memorizing scripture easy and the children love it. There is one verse per alphabet letter set to favorite children's tunes.

Click Here to buy

Sis Mary at Mary's Musings Talks about Making a Change.

Bro. Andy at Andy's Insights sent us a love song in honor of Valentines Day.

Our calender of events.

Bro Danny at For the Men talks about My Anchor.

Have you seen our Church's home page?

Sis Leigh at Leigh's Life's Lessons also talks about Making the Choice for Singleness

Sis Betty Sue at The Family and The Church asks "Who was Jesus?"

Bro John's Sermons are posted Here every week.

Bro. Jim's

Incredible Pete

(Click on the comic to see a larger version)

January 2009

2009-01-10T00:00:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the January issue of the Families of Life Journal. We are using the electronic delivery format this time for several reasons:

1) It is cheaper. No envelopes. No stamps. No printing costs.

2) It is easier. No trips to the printer. No folding. No stuffing envelopes. No trips to the Post Office.

3) It is more versatile. You can't add videos or music to paper newsletters!

We hope you enjoy:-) Please feel free to comment and let us know what you think.

Sis Betty Sue

P.S. Be sure to read to the comics at the bottom.

Sis Betty at Mama Betty Says "Greetings!"

BASIC BREAD
3 cups liquid (start with water. when you are more experienced, experiment with milk, eggs, juice, thinned yogurt, etc.)
2 teaspoons yeast (double for 100% whole wheat)
1 Tablespoon salt
5-7 cups flour (begin with white. When you are more experienced, add up to half any other flour. 100% Whole wheat will not rise as high)

Optional
2 Tablespoons sweet (honey, maple syrup, molasses, concentrated juice, sugar) Makes the yeast rise faster, mellows heavy flavors of whole grains.
2± Tablespoons fat (butter, olive oil, canola oil) Makes a firmer bread. Better for sandwiches. Gives a richer flavor. More filling.
1± cup fresh fruit or veggies (grated, chopped, pureed). Adds flavor, nutrients. Reduce or eliminate liquids.
1± cup dried fruit. Adds flavor, texture nutrients.

Mix all ingredients except flour. Add flour slowly, one cup at a time, stirring thoroughly after each cup. when you can’t stir anymore, turn out onto a clean, floured counter. Continue adding flour and kneading until the dough has the consistency of a hacky-sack. It should not be sticky.
Put into a greased (non-stick spray, butter, or oil) bowl. cover with a warm wet towel and put into a draft free, warm (70º) place for 1 ½- 2 hours. When double in size, punch down, knead briefly, let rise again for 1 hour or so. When double, punch down and knead again, divide and shape into two loafs or rolls. put into greased pans. Let rise until double (an hour or so). Bake at 450º for twenty minutes, 400º for 5-20 minutes. rub with butter or raw egg white. Let cool for at least twenty minutes. slice and serve.

Add a pan of water to the bottom of the oven to make a more moist bread.

Sis Carri tells us about the beginning of their Adoption Adventure with a little history of Liberia and pictures of their children.

Sis Joy at Nevada Nature tells us about Big Horn Sheep.

Sis Leigh has a story for us in the Kids Korner: Daniel Lives, Lions hungry

The Bread of Life Book Store is having a sale this month!

Good and Evil Bible- 12.95 This Month Only- $8.50!
Finally! A comic book Bible of high quality (The art work was done by an ex-Marvel comic professional artist.) This does not contain the whole Bible but tells the origins of the fight between good and evil and the eventual results. This is a work of love from the Pearls; a many years effort. This book is being translated into many languages! !

Click Here to buy

Sis Mary at Mary's Musings Talks about the bills being due.

Bro. Andy at Andy's Insights sent us an inspiring video this month from Mark Lowry.

Our calender of events.

Bro Danny at For the Men Asks "What are your Motives?"

Have you seen our Church's home page?

Sis Leigh at Leigh's Life's Lessons also talks about The Servant of God's Energy Source.

Sis Betty Sue at The Family and The Church explores the issue of whether there is a God or not.

Bro John's Sermons are posted Here every week.

From Bro Jim
Incredible Pete (click on comic to see a larger copy)

We're baaaack!

2008-07-24T15:17:00.000-07:00

I am proud to announce the renewal of "Families of Life Journal." We don't promise monthly publications this time. We will publish when life allows.

We expect to have features from:

Mama Betty- Pastor's wife, Woman's Pastor (and my mom.)
Sister Leigh- Author of "Praises Through Poetry, Prayers, and Prose."
Brother Danny- "For the Men."
Sister Betty Sue- Author of "Homeschool:Why What How" and "Rubies, Silk and Chocolate Covered Peanuts: a Commentary on Proverbs 31 and Titus 2" and Soon to be released "Ummm, It hasn't been Named yet" (a book on Health and nutrition.)
Sister Joy- Daughter of Betty Sue and amateur naturalist.
Brother Jim- Son of Betty Sue and upcoming cartoonist.

We look forward to "talking" with you again:-)

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