tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45949285396896013412024-03-13T20:25:02.739-07:00Spiritual Nutrition By Christine Prescott"Healthy Eating For The Christian Heart"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594928539689601341.post-88049944704127978172009-12-28T22:44:00.000-08:002010-03-01T19:52:11.486-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NBtgRjaQESY/SzmlYz-XJCI/AAAAAAAABRg/nIOVQ6vVxiY/s1600-h/Spiritual+Nutrition.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420545472204317730" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 107px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 166px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NBtgRjaQESY/SzmlYz-XJCI/AAAAAAAABRg/nIOVQ6vVxiY/s400/Spiritual+Nutrition.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />It isn’t about the book. (Though I would love for you to buy Spiritual Nutrition: Healthy Eating for the Christian Heart, read it and pass it on.) It isn’t about food. It isn’t even about spiritual disciplines.<br /><br />It’s about you. It’s about us—the church. The church that Jesus Christ had in mind—The Body of Christ, that would continue his work in this fallen world.<br /><br />It’s about breaking out of comfort, safety, the status quo, the easy life of the local church. It’s about leaving the security of “going to church”, a place where the world can’t get in.<br /><br />I’d call this blog “Exploding the Church” if I didn’t think I would get investigated by someone. I have a radical vision but I am not interested in spending some of my life being interrogated. But my dream, my vision, is that the “church” as that building down the street, that club that meets on Sunday morning, would explode, shatter its boundaries and scatter its life upon the world.<br /><br />The releasing of the church into the world can only happen one way. With you. With the inner fire provided by the Holy Spirit to release your gifts on the world. Spiritual Nutrition is about beginning the process with you. About making Jesus the center of your life not just a part of your life.<br /><br />And exploding the life of Jesus out of your life into the world.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Spiritual Nutrition By Christine Prescott</span></strong><br /><br />Spiritual Nutrition: Healthy Eating for the Christian Heart focuses on the development of healthy spiritual habits by identifying five core spiritual nutrients and comparing them to their physical counterparts:<br /><br />•Prayer is like water-vital for life and essential for survival.<br />•Bible study is like protein necessary for growth.<br />•Christian fellowship is like carbohydrates-gives us energy.<br />•Worship is like healthy fats-helps keep our hearts healthy.<br />•Thinking on good things is like vitamins-necessary for helping the othernutrients work effectively.<br /><br />Visit Author Christine Prescott at her site, <a href="http://www.yourspiritualnutrition.com/">Your Spiritual Nutrition</a><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Author Christine Prescott</span></strong><br /><br />I was born in McMinnville, Oregon and lived in Portland, Oregon, La Mirada, California and McMinnville, Oregon. My career dream was to be a geologist. My B.S. is from the University of Oregon. GO DUCKS!! Although I nearly graduated with a degree in English, I changed at the last minute to Elementary Education. A week after graduation I was married and we moved to Coos Bay, Oregon. I was a substitute teacher until beginning law school in 1975. I attended Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of Law in Portland, Oregon. I found law school to be an exercise in swimming upstream. (Really? Help people? Loud laughter.)<br /><br />At times it felt like swimming in a sewer. After several months of researching whether “Christian lawyer” was an oxymoron for me, I was invited to share an office in Cedar Mill, Oregon. For the next ten years I practiced community law (wills, family law, landlord/tenant, business). My favorite area was criminal defense, especially trial work. I also worked for 2 ½ years as a public defender.<br /><br />In 1978 I was called to prison chaplaincy. During seminary, I knew that I was being called to pastoral ministry. (NO. No way.) I did a year of volunteer/clinical work at the Multnomah County Detention Center. And I accepted the call to pastoral ministry.<br /><br />During the next 12 years, I served four churches as pastor in Oregon, Indiana and Montana. I had many opportunities to speak at local, state and national gatherings.<br /><br />I also worked as a cashier at Meijer and a Reader’s Advisory Librarian in Carmel, Indiana. I completed my first quilt and played violin in the Carmel Symphony.<br /><br />I currently have a job that uses all my gifts and experience: hospital chaplain. I know every time I go to work I am going to make a difference in someone’s life.<br /><br />My volunteer work includes being a trustee on the Missoula Public Library board. I helped start the Church Relations team for Habitat for Humanity, Missoula. I love books and am a member of the Missoula Calligrapher’s Guild.<br /><br />And now, I am an author. I plan to have as much fun as I can learning how to publicize my book, Spiritual Nutrition: Healthy Eating for the Christian Heart, which will include, I hope, a speaking ministry. I am at work on a follow-up book, Spiritual Bodybuilding: When You're Ready for More.<br /><br />©2009 -2010 Christine PrescottUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594928539689601341.post-66995391439723082862009-12-21T21:57:00.002-08:002009-12-21T21:58:32.282-08:00Happiness & JoyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594928539689601341.post-344380615562648942009-12-21T21:56:00.004-08:002010-05-24T22:01:33.178-07:00From the Inside OutChurch growth “experts” have the perfect solution to the demise of the mainline church: “create ministries that attract people to your church.” Once again, the short-sighted goal is to get people into the building where they, presumably, are a captive audience and will be miraculously transformed before our adoring eyes into disciples of Jesus.<br /><br />NO!! Our churches must create ministries that attract the church to people. We must demonstrate, by caring for the community, that Jesus is not about our building but about loving people where the people are. Our churches must create ministries that get our people out of the building and into the community—ministries to heal, to provide affordable housing, to provide food and clothing, to learn about the people outside our walls. Do single mothers and fathers need car repairs or cars or childcare while they work or help finding jobs? Do seniors need transportation or just a friend? Do we even know the needs of the people around us?<br /><br />Jesus went into the synagogue to worship. After worship he came out to go among the people and to minister to them. He preached the good news of the kingdom of God outside the walls of the synagogue. He created a life that attracted people to himself.<br /><br />Can our churches do any less? Let’s quit trying to get them in and start trying to get us out into the world. We might even learn something about the life of the people outside our church walls.<br /><br />Christine Prescott 2010Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594928539689601341.post-64826748868915791282009-12-21T21:56:00.003-08:002010-03-01T19:09:24.349-08:00Adventures With Trans-Fats By Christine PrescottTrans-fats. Those nasty engineered fats that meet our craving for cookies, chips and baked goods. We should eat no trans-fats. Why? I will explore that question in more detail in the adventures to come. What are trans-fats? Why are they so nasty?<br /><br />But for now my goal is to eliminate trans-fats from my diet by December 31, 2010. I will share my journey with you—the things I have to give up, what I didn’t buy and the surprises.<br /><br />My first surprise was on Christmas eve. I wanted to have onion dip. I know the pre-made dip in the stores has trans-fat so I didn’t go there. Just buy a package of onion soup mix. Look at the label. OH NO—it contains partially-hydrogenated oil. What to do?<br /><br />Trot to my local public library (yes! It’s stll open!) and try to find a recipe. Let’s try “Real Onion Dip” in the book Dip It! by Rick Rodgers (who has paid me nothing to mention his book or his recipe).<br /><br />Two medium onions chopped (3 cups). That’s a lot of chopping. And then cook them in 2 tablespoons canola oil until golden, about 20 minutes covered. Not too bad, since I only had to stir “occasionally.” Then uncover and continue cooking 15-20 minutes until deep golden brown. I put The Christmas Story on the DVD and listened to it while I stirred.<br /><br />After the onions were done I decided there was too much oil on them so I laid the onions on paper towels. I should have used more towels and covered them with towels, too. Lots of oil was soaked up by the towels.<br /><br />Then mix with ¾ cup mayo and ¾ cup sour cream (I always use light sour cream). We’ll tackle saturated fats another time. Add a little salt. Cover and chill at least 2 hours.<br /><br />I really liked this dip. It was kind of sweet and very creamy. And not a speck of trans-fats. Thanks Rick Rodgers! You saved my Christmas eve craving.<br /><br />Many blessings,<br />Christine PrescottUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594928539689601341.post-74116637141483986162009-12-21T21:49:00.000-08:002009-12-21T21:51:04.141-08:00Exercize & HealthUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594928539689601341.post-7052439562030507092009-12-19T16:32:00.000-08:002009-12-19T16:33:51.779-08:00Speaking EngagementsAuthor, Speaker Christine PrescottUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594928539689601341.post-82948666419423708712009-12-19T16:27:00.000-08:002009-12-19T16:28:38.087-08:00Christine On Healthy LivingUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594928539689601341.post-29672301781860710212009-12-19T14:51:00.000-08:002010-02-27T10:43:33.472-08:00Book Orders1-877-421-READ (7323) Winepress Publishing<br /><br /><br /><ul><li>Ask your local bookstore or Christian bookstore to order it. </li><li>It is available at the Garden of Read'n Christian bookstore, Missoula.</li><li>You can also find Spiritual Nutrition at any online bookstore by searching the title or the ISBN.<br /></li><li>Paperback: 160 pages<br />Publisher: Winepress Publishing (July 2009)<br />Language: English<br />ISBN-10: 1606150049<br />ISBN-13: 978-1606150047<br />Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches<br /></li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Nutrition-Healthy-Eating-Christian/dp/1606150049/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261502103&sr=1-1">Spiritual Nutrition: Healthy Eating For The Christian Heart</a></li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594928539689601341.post-48593322941654261382009-12-19T14:48:00.000-08:002009-12-19T14:50:12.963-08:00Contact ChristineUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594928539689601341.post-20574579659956305522009-12-18T21:29:00.001-08:002009-12-19T16:24:10.118-08:00Book Description<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NBtgRjaQESY/SyxnCch6giI/AAAAAAAABHM/kal2nV5sUNo/s1600-h/Spiritual+Nutrition.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416817743535702562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 107px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 166px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NBtgRjaQESY/SyxnCch6giI/AAAAAAAABHM/kal2nV5sUNo/s400/Spiritual+Nutrition.jpg" border="0" /></a>Spiritual Nutrition: Healthy Eating for the Christian Heart focuses on the development of healthy spiritual habits by identifying five core spiritual nutrients and comparing them to their physical counterparts:<br /><br />•Prayer is like water-vital for life and essential for survival.<br />•Bible study is like protein necessary for growth.<br />•Christian fellowship is like carbohydrates-gives us energy.<br />•Worship is like healthy fats-helps keep our hearts healthy,<br />•Thinking on good things is like vitamins-necessary for helping the other nutrients work effectively.<br /><br />"Just as the flab in our physical bodies will only go away through consistently healthy eating and exercise, our spiritual flab can only be removed through a good spiritual diet and exercise that becomes a part of our lives every day".<br /><br />Paperback: 160 pages<br />Publisher: Winepress Publishing (July 2009)<br />Language: English<br />ISBN-10: 1606150049<br />ISBN-13: 978-1606150047<br />Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches<br /><br />©2009 Christine PrescottUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594928539689601341.post-18724350340839987442009-12-18T21:27:00.000-08:002009-12-18T21:38:23.083-08:00Author Bio<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBtgRjaQESY/SyxmxEHUQZI/AAAAAAAABHE/2TyfH4OGKnQ/s1600-h/Christine+Prescott.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416817444923916690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 107px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 166px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NBtgRjaQESY/SyxmxEHUQZI/AAAAAAAABHE/2TyfH4OGKnQ/s400/Christine+Prescott.jpg" border="0" /></a>Christine Prescott was born in McMinnville, Oregon, and attended the University of Oregon, where she earned a B.S. degree in Elementary Education. Six years later, Christine earned her J.D. from Lewis and Clark Northwestern School of Law; she spent the next ten years practicing law in the Portland area. In 1992 Christine received a Master of Divinity, was ordained in the American Baptist Church USA, and served for twelve years in pastoral ministry. She earned a Doctor of Ministry in Leadership and Spiritual Formation from George Fox Evangelical Seminary in 2005. A public speaker, Christine speaks to church groups, as well as local, state and national gatherings. She teaches on topics such as worship, the Holy Spirit, spiritual gifts, and finding your story in Scripture. Currently a hospital chaplain, Christine and her husband Dave live in Montana.<br /><br />©2009 Christine PrescottUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594928539689601341.post-78135146857324851742009-12-18T21:25:00.000-08:002009-12-18T21:37:09.272-08:00About MeI was born in McMinnville, Oregon and lived in Portland, Oregon, La Mirada, California and McMinnville, Oregon. My career dream was to be a geologist. My B.S. is from the University of Oregon. GO DUCKS!! Although I nearly graduated with a degree in English, I changed at the last minute to Elementary Education. A week after graduation I was married and we moved to Coos Bay, Oregon. I was a substitute teacher until beginning law school in 1975. I attended Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of Law in Portland, Oregon. I found law school to be an exercise in swimming upstream. (Really? Help people? Loud laughter.)<br /><br />At times it felt like swimming in a sewer. After several months of researching whether “Christian lawyer” was an oxymoron for me, I was invited to share an office in Cedar Mill, Oregon. For the next ten years I practiced community law (wills, family law, landlord/tenant, business). My favorite area was criminal defense, especially trial work. I also worked for 2 ½ years as a public defender.<br /><br />In 1978 I was called to prison chaplaincy. During seminary, I knew that I was being called to pastoral ministry. (NO. No way.) I did a year of volunteer/clinical work at the Multnomah County Detention Center. And I accepted the call to pastoral ministry.<br /><br />During the next 12 years, I served four churches as pastor in Oregon, Indiana and Montana. I had many opportunities to speak at local, state and national gatherings.<br /><br />I also worked as a cashier at Meijer and a Reader’s Advisory Librarian in Carmel, Indiana. I completed my first quilt and played violin in the Carmel Symphony.<br /><br />I currently have a job that uses all my gifts and experience: hospital chaplain. I know every time I go to work I am going to make a difference in someone’s life.<br /><br />My volunteer work includes being a trustee on the Missoula Public Library board. I helped start the Church Relations team for Habitat for Humanity, Missoula. I love books and am a member of the Missoula Calligrapher’s Guild.<br /><br />And now, I am an author. I plan to have as much fun as I can learning how to publicize my book, Spiritual Nutrition: Healthy Eating for the Christian Heart, which will include, I hope, a speaking ministry. I am at work on a follow-up book, Spiritual Bodybuilding: When You're Ready for More.<br /><br />©2009 Christine PrescottUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0