Rachel Marie Stone's Blog, page 25
January 16, 2013
You Really Should Know How to Cook Rice.
Image via Wikipedia I grew up eating a lot of rice because my dad has celiac disease, which means he really can’t eat gluten. Not, like, he doesn’t eat gluten because it helped him lose weight, reduce bloat, and clear up his skin when he stopped eating gluten. Like HE WILL DIE if he eats [...]
January 15, 2013
My Next Book: God’s Upside-Down Kingdom
I’m excited to be able to tell you about the writing project that’s kept me busy since I finished Eat with Joy–a book about Jesus for children with the working title God’s Upside-Down Kingdom. Equally appropriate for church-based Christian education, homeschooling, or Christian school, God’s Upside-Down Kingdom is the third volume of the Telling God’s [...]
January 14, 2013
Maybe You Need To Say To Your Food Issues, “It’s Not About You.”
{Once again I’m participating in Take & Read, the Patheos Book Club!} I feel that have to admit that, because I have a faith/food book coming out very soon, whenever I encounter a book that looks like it might have some things in common with my own, I get all territorial and nervous, and feel [...]
January 11, 2013
How To Tell If Your Liberty is Being Threatened Or If You Have the Flu.
I’m hearing that the flu is pretty bad this year in the US–ugh. That stinks. To those who are feeling awful: feel better and get Tamiflu if you can! To those who aren’t sick: please consider getting a flu vaccine. Yes, yes, I know, even people who have had the vaccine have come down with [...]
January 10, 2013
What I Have Learned About Writing and Life from Lego (and my kids)
Three and a half years ago, after my son Aidan broke his leg on the slippery floor of a Franprix supermarket in Paris, and after the initial shock and pain began to wear off, we had to figure out what on earth we were going to do with a suddenly immobile almost-4 year old. One [...]
January 9, 2013
Tiny Pancakes Have More Flavor.
Will you help me settle a matter of ongoing debate in our family? First, confession: I do not really like pancakes. They are all right, I suppose, but unless they are dotted with chocolate chips, I can’t get excited about them. I know how that sounds: like I am a seven-year-old. So be it. Now, [...]
January 8, 2013
Pre-order ‘Eat With Joy’ at a Surprisingly Low Price!
My book is coming out very soon! And right now, it’s price on Amazon.com is nearly 50% off list price. If you pre-order, you’ll get the book for $8.49 and your credit card won’t be charged until it ships. (Of course, you can always purchase the book through the IVP website, Barnes & Noble, or your [...]
January 7, 2013
If you liked “Call the Midwife,” you might enjoy…
I devoured this novel a few weeks ago, in that great gulping way where you’re enjoying a book so much that you look forward to getting back home so you can get back to it and then realize that you have to slow down or it’s going to be over too soon. It has many [...]
January 4, 2013
In 2013, read 365 books and find out how many slaves work for you.
And other links to things that caught my attention* this week: Interview with Frederick Buechner at Princeton Alumni Weekly: ‘Pay Attention to Your Life’ “At Coffee Training Camp, Learning to Make the Perfect Cup” Matt Richtel at the NYT “Can you trust Dr. Oz? His medical advice often conflicts with the best science.” at Slate (hmm…isn’t [...]
January 3, 2013
Is Jesus the iPhone of Life?
Probably because I now live in a land where the hunger season comes every year and where everyone over the age of 12 probably has some memory of something approaching actual famine, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the difference between what food meant when Jesus said, I am the bread of life and [...]
