Well, as you may have noticed, I took a bit of a break from blogging over the Christmas holiday. I’m back.
Christmas is a time when I cheat a fair amount. Yes, I still did make some healthy foods, but also ate a fair amount of rather unhealthy deserts and visited several restaurants. Now it’s back to a healthy diet.
Some resolutions of mine for this coming year:
- drink less coffee and tea
- drink less alcohol
- lose 10lbs (yes, you can gain weight eating healthy foods)
- bench press 150lbs for 6 reps (I’m at 130lbs right now)
- thoroughly study traditional Christianity (e.g. Orthodoxy and Catholicism)
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Hello,
I just found your site through the Cheeseslave blog and I love it. I recently began my own nutrition blog at http://www.kellythekitchenkop.com, however as much as I love the topic of nutrition, I also love the topic of Catholic Christianity. I saw your new year resolution and had a suggestion for a great book series to help explain the true teachings of the Church. (There are many myths out there.) It’s called “Surprised by Truth” by Patrick Madrid. There is also Surprised by Truth 2 & 3. Each book has a dozen or so stories of how different people found their way to the Catholic Church. Another great book is “My Life on the Rock” by Jeff Cavins – he talks about growing up Catholic, leaving the faith and becoming a Protestant minister, and then his journey back to the Catholic Church. Another book that many people find helpful is “Rome Sweet Home” by Scott Haan. I am a convert myself and would be happy to try and answer any specific questions you might have. kellythekitchenkop@charter.net
God bless you in your studies!
Kelly
I too have a recommendation for you Brian.
Brought up Catholic, I was very passionate and spiritual as a child but looking back, I see the church brought me further and further from my natural spiritual self and into either materialism or fantasy-driven, puritanical dogma. I lost my original experience of divinity, an experience that was innate and is innate in all children, and replaced it with cynicism. This happened especially around the time that I realised I couldn’t be what I had always wanted to be, a priest – a spiritual leader – a shepherd to my flock. I was nine. Oh they were also telling me about the devil and Jesus being upset with me. The devil is officially no longer in existence but he was alive and well back in 1980. I couldn’t reconcile this with my experience of divinity so I dropped religion all together.
Recently, I was given the book, “Coming of the Cosmic Christ” by Mathew Fox. It is brilliant. It answers many of the questions that my cynical upbringing created and more. It honours both the masculine and feminine aspects of Christianity and Spiritual Consciousness and inspired me to return to my Christian roots some what.
I’d love to hear what you think of it. Since your passion is obviously Nourishment, an aspect of feminine spirituality, I’d love to hear what you think of his ideas of re-feminising the Christian experience.
Hello
I recommend this book :”The Orthodoxy of the Church” by Watchman Nee. This is a classic.
Another book by Watchman Nee I recommend is “The Normal Chrisitan Life”.