Rachel Marie Stone's Blog, page 21

Knowing Jesus in the Breaking of the Bread

Two friends walk along the road, speaking quietly to one another. They are hopeless. They are sad. When Jesus was alive, they were full of hope; he would redeem their nation, set them free. But Jesus is dead, and with him, all their hopes. A stranger appears. “What have you two been talking about?” he [...]

Evangelicals Divided Over NYC’s Move Toward Government-Funded Rat Contraceptives

The National Institutes of Health has just given the company Senestech a grant of $1.1 million as its owner, Loretta Mayer, works to figure out a way to get New York City subway rats on the Pill. Subway rats, says Mayer, can find solid food easily, but are constantly on the search for liquids. Paul [...]

On the Radio…and On the Classics

Sometimes my mom, after serving Sunday mornings wiping noses in the nursery like the good pastor’s wife she was (is), would pop in a tape (remember those?) of the sermon into the living room stereo system. And if my dad happened to wander into the room, he’d run away going blah blah blah so he [...]

Spring (Roll) Recipe: NOW, not January, is the time for eating seasonally.

Okay, maybe not now-now, as people here often say when they mean “at this very moment,” but spring is surely the time for taking up the practice of eating (at least some things) that are local and seasonal. Now’s the time to find a CSA (some of them even deliver, which can be so convenient) [...]

Explaining Food Choices Without Sounding Sanctimonious

Grateful to D.L. Mayfield for this lovely review of my book at Renew & Sustain: …how do I explain to my friends and neighbors why I shop at the co-op? Why I spend $5-7 dollars a pound on meat now (and subsequently, eat a lot less meat than before). How do I explain that I [...]

The Everyday Famine(s)

You won’t hear about it in the news because it isn’t news. It’s just what’s normal here. Every day, or nearly so, the clanging sound of metal hitting metal lets me know that someone’s at the gate that surrounds our home, bringing vegetables or fish or charcoal or wooden carvings to sell. It happens often [...]

Recipe on Wednesday: Easiest Lentil Soup

Lentils are widely touted as the convenience food of the legume family since they don’t require pre-soaking or pre-cooking. However, I think pre-soaking and precooking renders them both tastier and more digestible. Make this soup while it’s still chilly!  It’s as frugal and simple as you can get. Start by rinsing and soaking 1 pound [...]

How To Get Skinny and Be Assured of Heaven as well as the Best Life NOW. Plus Miracles.

The top 10 or 20 bestselling books at Amazon.com vary slightly from hour to hour, day to day, but one thing remains pretty constant: There are always several books on spirituality, often with Protestant evangelical leanings, and there are always books on diet, promising either dramatic weight loss or astounding well-being through some “revolutionary” plan. [...]

Eat With Joy at Blessed Earth

Thankful to the good folks at Blessed Earth–an educational nonprofit that inspires and equips people of faith to become better stewards of the earth–for this warm recommendation of my book: God’s gift of food, professed in Genesis, is in need of redemption for many people. Busy schedules have reduced the number of meals we eat [...]

The Jesus Diet: What Jesus Actually Ate

I have a review in the current issue of Books and Culture that’s also available to read online. The book is the excellent Food and Feasts of Jesus by Douglas A. Neel and Joel A. Pugh. Here’s just a tiny sample of the review: A richer understanding of food in the ancient Middle East can [...]