Oatmeal Bread
2 cups cooked old fashioned oats ( I always use left overs)
1 and 1/2 cups buttermilk (you can substitute soy milk, just add 1 TBSP lemon juice)
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Put oatmeal and buttermilk in a large bowl, mix well and cover with foil. Allow to sit for 2 hours. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Sift the flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium sized bowl, then add to the oatmeal mixture. You may need a little extra flour if too moist. Shape into a round loaf and place on a baking sheet. Slash the top. Bake for 45 minutes and allow to cool.
This is a heavy, rich quick bread and best served warm. If you want, you can brush with a bit of cream or butter after cooling for 20 minutes. Serve with berry jam and barley soup!
Recently, I have been thinking about what it means to be a woman alive on this planet. Each moment and day that goes by is one that is closer to the grave. So how am I to spend my time? How do I make the most impact on my world? How should I live with my husband, my kids, my town, my work, my church, my friends, my family? I have been reading several books which have led me into a deeper understanding of where my heart should be fixed. One of those books is "Jesus Feminist" by Sarah Bessey. Included is a poem that wraps up what I should be doing. Let us be women who love.
Let Us Be Women Who Love
by Idelette McVicker
Let us be women who Love.
Let us be women willing to lay down
our sword words, our sharp looks,
our ignorant silence and towering
stance and fill the earth now with
extravagant Love.
Let us be women who Love.
Let us be women who make room.
Let us be women who open our arms
and invite others into an honest,
spacious, glorious embrace.
Let us be women who carry each
other.
Let us be women who give from what
we have.
Let use be women who leap to do the
difficult things, the unexpected
things and the necessary things.
Let us be women who live for Peace.
Let us be women who breathe Hope.
Let us be women who create beauty.
Let us be women who Love.
Let us be a sanctuary where God
may dwell.
Let us be a garden for tender souls.
Let us be a table where others may
feast on the goodness of God.
Let us be a womb for Life to grow.
Let us be women who Love.
Let us rise to the questions of our
time.
Let us speak to the injustices in our
world.
Let us move the mountains of fear
and intimidation.
Let us shout down the walls that separate
and divide.
Let us fill the earth with the fragrance of Love.
Let us be women who Love.
Let us listen for those who have been
silenced.
Let us honor those who have been
devalued.
Let us say, Enough! with abuse, abandonment,
diminishing, and hiding.
Let us not rest until every person is
free and equal.
Let us be women who Love.
Let us be women who are savvy,
smart and wise.
Let us be women who shine with the
light of God in us.
Let us be women who take courage
and sing the song in our hearts.
Let us be women who say, Yes to the
beautiful, unique purpose seeded in
our souls.
Let us be women who call out the
song in another's heart.
Let us be women who teach our children
to do the same.
Let us be women who Love.
Let us be women who Love, in spite
of fear.
Let us be women who Love, in spite of
our stories.
Let us be women who Love loudly,
beautifully, Divinely.
Let us be women who Love.
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