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Links

Ben & Holly's Uganda blog

Urban Skye – Urban Skye is an eclectic community in Denver that cultivates and blends art, service and faith for the sake of the soul and the city.

Lark News – A freelance journalist writes an on-line Christian satire newspaper.

Bible Gateway – A free service for reading and researching Scripture online – all in the language or translation of your choice. They provide advanced tools you can use to search the Bible by keywords or verse, as well as other tools to enhance your study of the Bible.

Do you ever hear people at church talking about "Scum", " Joshua Station", "Baby Buds" or "Prodigal"? Are you too polite to ask them what in the world they are talking about? They are actually names of ministries that Celebration folks are involved in. Click here for more information about them and links to their web sites.

Recipes

(from our recent chili cookoff!)

Gary's Three Amigos Chili
3 peppers (red, yellow, orange), cut into 1/4" pieces
3 onions (red, yellow, white or spring), diced
olive oil, about 6 tbsp
chicken stock, 1 cup
28 oz can crushed tomatoes
3 kinds of meat (steak, pork, sausage), cut into small pieces
3 small cans of beans (white/northern, kidney, pinto or black)
chili powder, 1 tbsp
red hot sauce (Louisiana), 1 tbsp
garlic, 2 tbsp minced

In a large stock pot, saute the onion in 1/4 cup olive oil, seasoned with salt & pepper, for 10 minutes. Then add 1/2 cup chicken stock and simmer on low for 15 minutes. Add another 1/2 cup of chicken stock and continue simmering 15 minutes longer. Add crushed tomatoes and continue to simmer.

In a large skillet, brown meat in a small amount of olive oil. Add meat and beans to stock pot, along with chili powder, hot sauce and minced garlic. Simmer for 1 hour. Add diced peppers and continue simmering 1 hour longer.

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