Rachelmariestone

LATEST ARTICLES ( 193 )

• Edith Schaeffer and Biblical Womanhood

  So I know it’s been out for a while, but I finally got around to reading Kathryn Joyce’s Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement, which I found... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 FOOD & DRINK

• I’ll Meet You In The Place Where the Stuffed Kitties Are Real

  

  Mrs. S. died a few months ago. She was 92, although woe betide you should you have mentioned that fact to her; she maintained to the end that she was 91. And wh... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2013 FOOD & DRINK

• Four Reviews of “Eat With Joy: Redeeming God’s Gift of Food”

  

  I don’t mean to be so book-promo-oriented, but it really makes my dad happy to read positive reviews of my new book and I like to make my dad happy. Because... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2013 FOOD & DRINK

• Thinking of My Friends

  

  We’re back safe and sound from our trip to South Africa, but my mind and heart are very busy pleading to God for mercy for my dear friend Shelley, whose... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 FOOD & DRINK

• Some Kind Words

  I’m anticipating a few days of limited internet access, so don’t be alarmed if this space stays quiet for a bit. (You can always peruse the archives. See? I’ve... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 FOOD & DRINK

• Mom: Comfort Where There is No Other Comfort

  

  It’s my mom’s birthday today, and I’m 8,000 miles away from her.But it doesn’t feel that far, because my mom calls or emails me every day. And unlike those... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 FOOD & DRINK

• Knowing Jesus in the Breaking of the Bread

  

  Jesus and the two disciples On the Road to Emmaus, by Duccio, 1308-1311, Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Siena.Two friends walk along the road, speaking quietly to... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 FOOD & DRINK

• 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... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 FOOD & DRINK

• 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... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• 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... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 FOOD & DRINK

• 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? Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 FOOD & DRINK

• 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... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2013 FOOD & DRINK

• 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... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2013 FOOD & DRINK

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

  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... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 FOOD & DRINK

• 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... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 FOOD & DRINK

• 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... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 FOOD & DRINK

• Eat With Joy is Not “a Pie-in-the-sky Dream for Obsessive Foodies.”

  My thanks to Wes Vander Lugt for this glowing review of Eat With Joy. Here are just a few of the lines that have me pawing the ground with my toe and going... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2013 FOOD & DRINK

• Leave A Comment For Your Free Copy of ‘Eat With Joy’

  I have a guest post at Amy Julia Becker‘s lovely blog, Thin Places. Amy Julia is also graciously hosting a giveaway, so if you head over to her blog and leave... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013 FOOD & DRINK

• In the Flesh

  

  There’s something about holding a book in your hands. I may spend a lot of time reading and writing, but I am enchanted by incarnated, physical things. (Like... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2013 FOOD & DRINK

• REAL Happy Meals–an Interview in (at) Christianity Today

  The current issue of Christianity Today features an interview with me by the truly lovely LaVonne Neff–who really knows how to ask insightful questions–and... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 FOOD & DRINK