*Not my recipe. This comes from Pink Perfection.
Overnight Cinnamon Rolls
makes 12
dough
1 cup milk
1/3 cup butter
1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
1/2 cup white sugar
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
filling
1 1/3 cups (packed) golden brown sugar
2 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
3 tablespoons unbleached all purpose flour
7 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
glaze
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup maple sugar (if you can’t get maple sugar, use 2 cups powdered sugar, and you could add some maple flavoring, if desired)
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
2 tablespoons (or more) whole milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
Heat the milk in a small saucepan until it bubbles, then remove from heat. Stir in butter until melted. Let cool until lukewarm.
In a large mixing bowl, combine 2 1/4 cup flour, yeast, sugar and salt; mix well. Add eggs and the milk mixture; beat well. Add the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, stirring well after each addition. When the dough has just pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth, adding more flour as needed, about 5 minutes.
Cover the dough and let rest for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, mix together filling ingredients.
Roll out dough into a 9×12 inch rectangle. Spread dough evenly with filling mixture. Roll up dough from the long end and pinch seam to seal. Cut into 12 equal size rolls and place cut side up in a 9×12″ baking pan. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
The next morning, remove cinnamon rolls from refrigerator and let sit on the counter for about 30 minutes to take the chill off. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Bake for 20 minutes, or until browned. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk together glaze ingredients, adding more milk to thin glaze, if necessary. Remove rolls from oven, and pour glaze over hot cinnamon rolls. Serve warm.
Friday, August 05, 2011
Monday, August 01, 2011
The God of Catastrophe
This was Pastor Leitart's exhortation this week:
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At the Trinity office this week, you will find printed copies of Pastor Sumpter’s pastoral report from last Tuesday’s Heads of Household meeting. I encourage you to take one and read it carefully and prayerfully.
You’ll find that, as we celebrate our eighth anniversary as a church, we face several intense pastoral situations. Hidden sins have come to light; previously quiet sinners have turned defiant; apparently harmonious marriages have unraveled; family secrets have been revealed; accusations have been hurled at the elders.
Reading that report, you may be tempted to think that God has abandoned us for a season. The opposite is the case. Whenever God comes near, He throws the world into turmoil.
He brought flood waters in the time of Noah. Sodom was cheerfully decadent, until Yahweh showed up. No one had ever seen a nation plowed up as Egypt was when Yahweh came to rescue His son.
What surprises us is that God traumatizes the righteous as well as the wicked. Abraham the just was called to sacrifice his beloved son, faithful Joseph was sold as a slave, and David spent his early life on the run. When God the Son draws near in human flesh, He bears a cross. God’s presence is unspeakable joy; in a sinful world His presence is also, necessarily, unprecedented grief.
Many of the situations at Trinity emerged after we started our regular days of fasting and prayer. We have considered asking you to stop praying. But we need this. We are so content with our sin, sloth, and immaturity that we need trauma to grow up. God has answered our prayers. He has come near as the God He is, the God of catastrophe.
Even if you are not involved in any of these situations directly, don’t miss this chance for taking stock, self-examination and repentance. Don’t be proud when you read about other people’s problems. God is among us, and He is bringing hidden things to light. Beat Him to the punch; expose yourself before he exposes you. As Paul says, “let a man examine himself . . . if we judged ourselves rightly, we should not be judged.”
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At the Trinity office this week, you will find printed copies of Pastor Sumpter’s pastoral report from last Tuesday’s Heads of Household meeting. I encourage you to take one and read it carefully and prayerfully.
You’ll find that, as we celebrate our eighth anniversary as a church, we face several intense pastoral situations. Hidden sins have come to light; previously quiet sinners have turned defiant; apparently harmonious marriages have unraveled; family secrets have been revealed; accusations have been hurled at the elders.
Reading that report, you may be tempted to think that God has abandoned us for a season. The opposite is the case. Whenever God comes near, He throws the world into turmoil.
He brought flood waters in the time of Noah. Sodom was cheerfully decadent, until Yahweh showed up. No one had ever seen a nation plowed up as Egypt was when Yahweh came to rescue His son.
What surprises us is that God traumatizes the righteous as well as the wicked. Abraham the just was called to sacrifice his beloved son, faithful Joseph was sold as a slave, and David spent his early life on the run. When God the Son draws near in human flesh, He bears a cross. God’s presence is unspeakable joy; in a sinful world His presence is also, necessarily, unprecedented grief.
Many of the situations at Trinity emerged after we started our regular days of fasting and prayer. We have considered asking you to stop praying. But we need this. We are so content with our sin, sloth, and immaturity that we need trauma to grow up. God has answered our prayers. He has come near as the God He is, the God of catastrophe.
Even if you are not involved in any of these situations directly, don’t miss this chance for taking stock, self-examination and repentance. Don’t be proud when you read about other people’s problems. God is among us, and He is bringing hidden things to light. Beat Him to the punch; expose yourself before he exposes you. As Paul says, “let a man examine himself . . . if we judged ourselves rightly, we should not be judged.”
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
The email that we sent this week
Dear Church Family,
Kate and I wanted to let you all know that we are currently in the process of pursuing adoption. We are working with an agency here in Idaho and hope to have the home study and application process done by September. After that we will be waiting for the right child. We are excited to be able to take part in the ministry of caring for the orphan and the fatherless. So far God has blessed us very much and we look forward to His coming blessings as we seek to bless others. Please be in prayer for us that we would have wisdom as we work through all the paperwork and that we would be patient as we trust in His good timing.
We are excited about all this so feel free to ask us about how things are going. We will also keep you posted when more things develop. We love you all very much and are thankful to have such a strong family community to support us.
The Lord be with you!
Jesse and Kate Sumpter
Kate and I wanted to let you all know that we are currently in the process of pursuing adoption. We are working with an agency here in Idaho and hope to have the home study and application process done by September. After that we will be waiting for the right child. We are excited to be able to take part in the ministry of caring for the orphan and the fatherless. So far God has blessed us very much and we look forward to His coming blessings as we seek to bless others. Please be in prayer for us that we would have wisdom as we work through all the paperwork and that we would be patient as we trust in His good timing.
We are excited about all this so feel free to ask us about how things are going. We will also keep you posted when more things develop. We love you all very much and are thankful to have such a strong family community to support us.
The Lord be with you!
Jesse and Kate Sumpter
Friday, June 24, 2011
Books To Read
Recently I went through my hope chest and reorganized the stuff that was inside. I found, among a lot of other things, 6 sheets of authors and titles that I should I read. I think I made this list when I was in highschool.
C.S. Lewis
-Four Loves
-Pilgrims Regress
-Reflection on the Psalms
-God in the Dock
-Medieval and Renaissance Literature
-Mere Christianity
-Screwtape Letters
-Space Trilogy
Tolkien
-The Lord of the Rings
Dorothy Sayers
-The Lost Tools of Learning
-The Man Born to Be King
-The Nine Tailors
Chesterton
-The Ballad of the White Horse
-Everlasting Man
-Orthodoxy
-Father Brown
Dickens
-The Tale of Two Cities
-Bleak House
-David Copperfield
-A Christmas Carol
-A Cricket on the Hearth
-Our Mutual Friend
Alcott
-Jack and Jill
-Under the Lilacs
-An Old-Fashioned Girl
-Good Wives
-Jo's Boys
Jack London
-Call of the Wild
J.M.Barrie
-The Little Minister
Howard Fast
-Spartacus
Mark Twain
-Tom Sawyer
Nathaniel Hawthorn
-The House of Seven Gables
-The Scarlet Letter
G.A. Henty
-For the Temple
Aldrich
-A Lantern in her Hand
George McDonald
-Lilith
-Princess & Curdie
-Princess and the Goblins
-Littler Daylight and other Stories
James Hilton
-Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Sir Walter Scott
-Ivanhoe
-Rob Roy
George Elliot
-Middlemarch
Christopher Morley
-Parnassus on Wheels
-The Haunted Bookshop
Robert Lewis Stevenson
-Kidnapped
-The Black Arrow
Geoffrey of Monmouth
John Buchan
Agatha Christie
Flannery O'Connor
Rudyard Kipling
Elizabeth Gouge
Charles Williams
-Master and Commander
-Metamorphasis
-Astrophel and Stella
-The Tountine
-The Seven Laws of Teaching
-Silver Chalice
-Ben-Hur
-Portrait of a Lady
-Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
-The Brother's Karamazov
-Crime and Punishment
-War and Peace
-I Capture the Castle
-Wuthering Heights
-Adam of the Road
-Captian's Courageous
-Lorna Doone
-King Solomon's Mines
-The Red Badge of Courage
-Penrod
-Les Miserables
-Scottish Chiefs
-Uncle Tom's Cabin
-The Yearling
-To Kill A Mockingbird
-The Killer Angels
-A Year in Provance
-Under the Tuscan Sun
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C.S. Lewis
-Four Loves
-Pilgrims Regress
-Reflection on the Psalms
-God in the Dock
-Medieval and Renaissance Literature
-Mere Christianity
-Screwtape Letters
-Space Trilogy
Tolkien
-The Lord of the Rings
Dorothy Sayers
-The Lost Tools of Learning
-The Man Born to Be King
-The Nine Tailors
Chesterton
-The Ballad of the White Horse
-Everlasting Man
-Orthodoxy
-Father Brown
Dickens
-The Tale of Two Cities
-Bleak House
-David Copperfield
-A Christmas Carol
-A Cricket on the Hearth
-Our Mutual Friend
Alcott
-Jack and Jill
-Under the Lilacs
-An Old-Fashioned Girl
-Good Wives
-Jo's Boys
Jack London
-Call of the Wild
J.M.Barrie
-The Little Minister
Howard Fast
-Spartacus
Mark Twain
-Tom Sawyer
Nathaniel Hawthorn
-The House of Seven Gables
-The Scarlet Letter
G.A. Henty
-For the Temple
Aldrich
-A Lantern in her Hand
George McDonald
-Lilith
-Princess & Curdie
-Princess and the Goblins
-Littler Daylight and other Stories
James Hilton
-Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Sir Walter Scott
-Ivanhoe
-Rob Roy
George Elliot
-Middlemarch
Christopher Morley
-Parnassus on Wheels
-The Haunted Bookshop
Robert Lewis Stevenson
-Kidnapped
-The Black Arrow
Geoffrey of Monmouth
John Buchan
Agatha Christie
Flannery O'Connor
Rudyard Kipling
Elizabeth Gouge
Charles Williams
-Master and Commander
-Metamorphasis
-Astrophel and Stella
-The Tountine
-The Seven Laws of Teaching
-Silver Chalice
-Ben-Hur
-Portrait of a Lady
-Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
-The Brother's Karamazov
-Crime and Punishment
-War and Peace
-I Capture the Castle
-Wuthering Heights
-Adam of the Road
-Captian's Courageous
-Lorna Doone
-King Solomon's Mines
-The Red Badge of Courage
-Penrod
-Les Miserables
-Scottish Chiefs
-Uncle Tom's Cabin
-The Yearling
-To Kill A Mockingbird
-The Killer Angels
-A Year in Provance
-Under the Tuscan Sun
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Monday, June 20, 2011
English Muffin Bread
This recipe comes from Grace Penney. It's very good mostly because I stick pretty close to it.
English Muffin Bread
1.5 cups flour + 1 cup flour
1 package rapid rise yeast
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoons salt
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup milk + 1/4 cup water (120-130 degreees F)
cornmeal
Combine 1.5 cups flour, yeast, sugar, salt, and baking soda. Stir in milk/water combination.
Use your hands to mix in remaining flour until dough is soft. Grease 8 1/2 by 44 1/2 inch loaf pan. Sprinkle with cornmeal, put dough in pan and sprinkle with more cornmeal. Cover pan and let dough rise in warm, draft free place for 30-40 minutes. Bake at 400 degrees for 25-30 minutes. It will stay 3 days in an air tight container, or frozen for a month.
English Muffin Bread
1.5 cups flour + 1 cup flour
1 package rapid rise yeast
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoons salt
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup milk + 1/4 cup water (120-130 degreees F)
cornmeal
Combine 1.5 cups flour, yeast, sugar, salt, and baking soda. Stir in milk/water combination.
Use your hands to mix in remaining flour until dough is soft. Grease 8 1/2 by 44 1/2 inch loaf pan. Sprinkle with cornmeal, put dough in pan and sprinkle with more cornmeal. Cover pan and let dough rise in warm, draft free place for 30-40 minutes. Bake at 400 degrees for 25-30 minutes. It will stay 3 days in an air tight container, or frozen for a month.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Pork Carnitas for Crockpot
Pork (any where from 1lb to 4 lbs have worked well)
1 bunch Cilantro
½ Red onion
3 cloves garlic, minced
A sprinkle Garlic salt
A dash Oregano
16 oz jar of Salsa
Splash of Olive oil
1) Pour olive oil in crock pot. Add ½ chopped red onion and minced garlic. Put meat on top. Tear cilantro on top of meat (or use scissors to snip leafy ends of cilantro; some steams are ok). Sprinkle all with garlic salt and oregano. Pour salsa over everything; add ½ bottle of water. Cook on low 6-8 hours. Serve in tortillas and with chips, salsa, sour cream and humus.
1 bunch Cilantro
½ Red onion
3 cloves garlic, minced
A sprinkle Garlic salt
A dash Oregano
16 oz jar of Salsa
Splash of Olive oil
1) Pour olive oil in crock pot. Add ½ chopped red onion and minced garlic. Put meat on top. Tear cilantro on top of meat (or use scissors to snip leafy ends of cilantro; some steams are ok). Sprinkle all with garlic salt and oregano. Pour salsa over everything; add ½ bottle of water. Cook on low 6-8 hours. Serve in tortillas and with chips, salsa, sour cream and humus.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
A New Beginning
This video is neat to watch. While I don't agree with everything, I enjoyed watching it and was touched by the ladies' interaction.
C.S. Lewis' Top 10
In 1962, The Christian Century magazine published C.S. Lewis’s answer to the question, “What books did most to shape your vocational attitude and your philosophy of life?” Here is C.S. Lewis’s list of his top ten books, not including the Bible.
1. Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women, by George MacDonald
2. The Everlasting Man, by G. K. Chesterton
3. The Aeneid, by Virgil
4. The Temple, by George Herbert
5. The Prelude, by William Wordsworth
6. The Idea of the Holy, by Rudolf Otto
7. The Consolation of Philosophy, by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
8. The Life of Samuel Johnson, by James Boswell
9. Descent into Hell, by Charles Williams
10. Theism and Humanism, by Arthur James Balfour
1. Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women, by George MacDonald
2. The Everlasting Man, by G. K. Chesterton
3. The Aeneid, by Virgil
4. The Temple, by George Herbert
5. The Prelude, by William Wordsworth
6. The Idea of the Holy, by Rudolf Otto
7. The Consolation of Philosophy, by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
8. The Life of Samuel Johnson, by James Boswell
9. Descent into Hell, by Charles Williams
10. Theism and Humanism, by Arthur James Balfour
Saturday, May 14, 2011
The Longest Spring
"7Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain. 8You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. 9Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned. Behold the Judge is standing at the door! 10My brethren, take the propbhets, who spke in the name of the Lord, as an example of sufering and patience. 11Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord - that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful. 12But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your "Yes be "Yes" and your "No", "No", lest you fall into judgement. 13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms? 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15And the prayers of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven."
from James 5
from James 5
Friday, April 08, 2011
Hoeing
by John Updike
I sometimes fear the younger generation will be deprived
of the pleasures of hoeing;
there is no knowing
how many souls have been formed by this simple exercise.
The dry earth like a great scab breaks, revealing
moist-dark loam--
the pea-root's home,
a fertile wound perpetually healing.
How neatly the green weeds go under!
The blade chops the earth new.
Ignorant the wise boy who
has never performed this simple, stupid, and useful wonder.
I sometimes fear the younger generation will be deprived
of the pleasures of hoeing;
there is no knowing
how many souls have been formed by this simple exercise.
The dry earth like a great scab breaks, revealing
moist-dark loam--
the pea-root's home,
a fertile wound perpetually healing.
How neatly the green weeds go under!
The blade chops the earth new.
Ignorant the wise boy who
has never performed this simple, stupid, and useful wonder.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Information for the Playbill
Murdered to Death
by Peter Gordon
April 7th, 8th, 9th
7pm at All Souls Christian Church
Role: Elizabeth Hartley-Trumpington
Previous roles include minor parts in home school productions, the stage manager in The Importance of Being Ernest produced by Blue Milk Productions, and 'Hermia' in A Midsummer Night's Dream performed for Trinity Fest 2005 during which I met my future husband.
Thanks to my family for all the dinner conversations when nobody could get a word in edgewise; for the lovely, I say the lovely Foghorn Leghorn comments; and for champagne on Christmas Eve. Thanks to our director and assistant director for all the time they put into this play. Thanks to my husband, who encourages me in everything I do and for fighting the occasional dragon I bring home to dinner.
Other items: Christ said that we must become like little children. In play acting we are those little children and play games for our parents to laugh at. The Lord loves to tell stories and we imitate Him as we act out His world. We love the world and the silly things in it, like kangaroos and palm trees and French accents and knitting. He made it all and it is good.
by Peter Gordon
April 7th, 8th, 9th
7pm at All Souls Christian Church
Role: Elizabeth Hartley-Trumpington
Previous roles include minor parts in home school productions, the stage manager in The Importance of Being Ernest produced by Blue Milk Productions, and 'Hermia' in A Midsummer Night's Dream performed for Trinity Fest 2005 during which I met my future husband.
Thanks to my family for all the dinner conversations when nobody could get a word in edgewise; for the lovely, I say the lovely Foghorn Leghorn comments; and for champagne on Christmas Eve. Thanks to our director and assistant director for all the time they put into this play. Thanks to my husband, who encourages me in everything I do and for fighting the occasional dragon I bring home to dinner.
Other items: Christ said that we must become like little children. In play acting we are those little children and play games for our parents to laugh at. The Lord loves to tell stories and we imitate Him as we act out His world. We love the world and the silly things in it, like kangaroos and palm trees and French accents and knitting. He made it all and it is good.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Home decorating update
Our living room as of January 2011. Pictures on the wall make such a difference!

South West living room wall. New loveseat and I moved my desk to the living room for more sun light while I work.

From the living room looking at the front door

Another view of the front door and dining room

Bathroom - new shevles from Ikea!

Bedroom

Bedroom - other side
South West living room wall. New loveseat and I moved my desk to the living room for more sun light while I work.
From the living room looking at the front door
Another view of the front door and dining room
Bathroom - new shevles from Ikea!
Bedroom
Bedroom - other side
Fall SRO Ball 2010
Nieuwsma Flowers
Family Fun
Cooking in my home
Tuesday Bookgroup
What we've read:
Sept. 2009 - Flannery O'Conner short stories
Oct - I Serve: A Novel of the Black Prince Roseanne Lortz
Nov - In Defense of Food Michael Pollock
Dec -
Jan 2010 - Bucer's meeting for planning next few books
Feb - Til We Have Faces C.S.Lewis
March - The Moonstone Wilkie Collins
April -
May - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society Mary Ann Shaffer
June - The Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Orczy
July -
Aug - The Supper of the Lamb Robert Farrar Capon
Sept - The Number One Ladies Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith
Oct - The Book Thief Markus Zusak
Nov - Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science Atul Gawande
Dec - Christmas Stories
Jan 2011 - The Hiding Place Corrie ten Boom
Feb - The Blue Castle L.M. Montgomery
March - Choosing Rest Sally Breedlove
April - Buffalo Coat Carol Ryrie Brink
May - The Man in the Brown Suit Agatha Christie
June - Social night :)
July - Endurance: An Epic Polar Adventure by F. A. Worsley or The Endurance: Shakelton's Legendary Antartic Expediton by Caroline Alexander
August - 84 Charing Cross Road
September -
October - The Help Kathryn Stockett
November - One Thousand Gifts
December - movie night! watched 'The Help'
January 2012 - Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen
February - Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand
March - continued Unbroken and the WWII theme
April - For the Life of the World
May - Master and Commander
June -
July -
August -
Next up ...
Other Suggestions:
Faithful Women and Their Extraordinary God
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Name of the Rose
The Yearling
Sept. 2009 - Flannery O'Conner short stories
Oct - I Serve: A Novel of the Black Prince Roseanne Lortz
Nov - In Defense of Food Michael Pollock
Dec -
Jan 2010 - Bucer's meeting for planning next few books
Feb - Til We Have Faces C.S.Lewis
March - The Moonstone Wilkie Collins
April -
May - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society Mary Ann Shaffer
June - The Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Orczy
July -
Aug - The Supper of the Lamb Robert Farrar Capon
Sept - The Number One Ladies Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith
Oct - The Book Thief Markus Zusak
Nov - Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science Atul Gawande
Dec - Christmas Stories
Jan 2011 - The Hiding Place Corrie ten Boom
Feb - The Blue Castle L.M. Montgomery
March - Choosing Rest Sally Breedlove
April - Buffalo Coat Carol Ryrie Brink
May - The Man in the Brown Suit Agatha Christie
June - Social night :)
July - Endurance: An Epic Polar Adventure by F. A. Worsley or The Endurance: Shakelton's Legendary Antartic Expediton by Caroline Alexander
August - 84 Charing Cross Road
September -
October - The Help Kathryn Stockett
November - One Thousand Gifts
December - movie night! watched 'The Help'
January 2012 - Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen
February - Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand
March - continued Unbroken and the WWII theme
April - For the Life of the World
May - Master and Commander
June -
July -
August -
Next up ...
Other Suggestions:
Faithful Women and Their Extraordinary God
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Name of the Rose
The Yearling
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