Justice and Forgiveness

This link is to an essay I read today, entitled "Justice and Forgiveness," by Professor Morton Winston, Department of Philosophy and Religion, The College of New Jersey:

http://www.tcnj.edu/~gened/atny/ethics-mw-s03.htm

Choices

Current mood: determined

"Heaven leads us down the path we choose."

-- Jewish Proverb

Remember

Remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee ... Deut. 8:2

 

I'd rather be a doorkeeper
in the city of my God
than to dwell in tents of wickedness.

Bean Soup

 

Soak 1 lb. great northern beans overnight.

Drain the soaked beans the next day, and then add fresh water.

Cut up: 6-8 slices of turkeybacon, a few carrots, some onion.

Boil together with beans; add: salt, accent, and celery seed to taste; also a little garlic powder or fresh minced garlic.

Simmer, stirring from time to time and adding water as needed. It takes several hours until the beans break apart, which thickens the broth.

Debate

"He was naturally more eloquent, had a ready plenty of words, and sometimes, as I thought, bore me down more by his fluency than by the strength of his reasons."

-- Benjamin Franklin

Fools Never Learn

Wise people learn from their mistakes.

Wiser people learn from the mistakes of others.

Wisest of all are they who learn from what God revealed to Israel.

(There are, of course, other words of wisdom on earth, but I have found that what is written in the Old Testament can be trusted completely to perform as advertised.)

The best advice I ever got in my youth was to take the book of Proverbs from the Bible and read one chapter every day. There are 31 chapters. This works out to one chapter for each day of the month on many months. That way it is easy to know which chapter to read on which day. On any months with less than 30 days, just read extra chapters on the last day of the month. The chapters are not that long.

The wisdom in the book of Proverbs takes some deep thought sometimes to catch onto. But you can avoid having to make a lot of mistakes in life if you learn what it says there and pay attention to the good advice!

If you want to start doing this today, just begin at the chapter of Proverbs with the same number as today's date. Then do the same tomorrow, and the next day, and so on. Keep going. Keep it up for months, even years.

The well of wisdom is very deep! And yet, even the water at the top of the well is pure and delicious. So whether you taste just a little, or decide to drink deeply, you will find it to be delightful.

Chicken Casserole

4 cups cooked chicken
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup sour cream
1 cup frozen peas
top with buttered Ritz cracker crumbs

Notes: You can use leftover cooked chicken, or even canned chicken, but I usually make this with fresh chicken: I put boneless, skinless chicken into a glass baking dish, sprinkle with garlic powder and crushed rosemary, cover loosely with wax paper, and microwave until the juices run clear -- about 12 minutes in my microwave. (No need to add any liquid when cooking the chicken in the microwave.) Then I cut the cooked chicken into chunks and combine the chicken and the juices with the soup, sour cream, and peas, and top with the cracker crumbs.

For the cracker crumbs, I seal 1/2 tube of Ritz crackers in a ziploc bag to crush them, then add 1 tablespoon of melted butter and reseal and shake the bag.

You can bake this casserole in the oven or in the microwave. It also works well to prepare a day ahead and refrigerate and then heat the casserole the next day.

I fixed this for dinner today. This time I cooked it as soon as it was prepared by putting the assembled casserole in the microwave for 10 minutes, and then into a 350 degree oven for 5 minutes to brown the cracker crumb topping. If you prepare after refrigerating it takes longer than this to heat through.