What is true freedom and how should we use it? This talk on 1 Peter 2 looks at the nature of freedom and how we can use our freedom to serve our world. (mp3)
Preach the Word
Some recommended resources on the art of preaching.
Spiced Sticky Toffee Apple Buns
Dan Lepard’s brilliant recipe for sticky toffee apple buns with pecans and a rum glaze
The Secret History, by Donna Tartt
A remarkable, complex novel; not so much a who-dunnit but a why-dunnit.
Bread Bins and Bread Binned
In the UK, 24 million slices of bread are binned each day; £90m worth wasted every year. Here are 5 tips for how to avoid waste and make your loaves go further.
Gregg’s Bakery
As this is Real Bread Week, here are a few reflections on Gregg Wallace’s documentary about mass-produced bread, and why big ain’t necessarily beautiful!
When is a sourdough starter ready?
Originally posted on doughies:
The readiness of a sourdough starter, for baking or otherwise, depends greatly on the age (hours since refreshment) of the starter in it’s perpetual cycle of refreshment. Here’s a little diagram of this cycle which we will explore in the text below:- How old is your sourdough starter? Your starter cycle…
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, by Karen Joy Fowler
A light, easy, if somewhat-two-dimensional read, with a great twist…
Feuerbach, Ferry and Wilson on Christianity and Physicality
A tantalising juxtaposition of three quotes on Christianity and ‘the physical.’
Learning to Live / A Brief History of Thought, by Luc Ferry
A review of Luc Ferry’s engaging history of philosophy.