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eliacin — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:06:00 -0400

Bless my Kitchen - Feast of Saint Brigid, Feb. 1

eliacin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:25:41 -0500

O my Prince
Who canst do all these things,
Bless O God… My kitchen with thy right hand:

My kitchen, the kitchen of God.
A kitchen which my King hath blessed,
A kitchen that hath butter.

Mary’s son, my Friend, cometh
To bless my kitchen.
The Prince of the world to the border,
May we have abundance with him.

Learn more about Saint Brigid

Breakfast Liturgy, Sunday Jan. 22nd :: Birthing the Kingdom ::

eliacin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:49:00 -0500

Dearest Friends,

I hope you are staying safe and warm. What a week! For some this was a great time to try new baking recipes, watch a few movies, make snowpeople with the kids and get caught up with school work. While others are suffering from the proverbial cabin fever and are ready to interact with other human beings. Yes, there are other people in planet Hoth (that is a reference to a frozen planet in the movie Stars Wars, the original series).

Hoping that things thaw out, Breakfast Liturgy gathers this Sunday January 22nd at 10AM. Please fill out the food form to let us know what you are planning to bring. This help us enjoy a delicious healthy balance. Link to form. Following are some new fun developments in our community.

News:

Breakfast Liturgy Dinners - a paradox, a postmodern juxtaposition? No, just another opportunity to be together, to enjoy food, and build community. Soon I will be communicating with you with more details about this. For now, the idea is to gather at one of our homes for a delicious potluck dinner the Saturday between Breakfast Liturgy Sundays. If you are interested in hosting (providing the space) one of the dinners, let me (Eliacin) know.

Breakfast Liturgy’s Breakfast Goodness Recipe Book - While that is not the official title, you get the gist. The idea is to gather, collect, harvest, create, brew recipes of scrumptious breakfast dishes and publish a book. Print or digital? Both? That still to be decided. However, start collecting and experimenting with recipes. Take some photos of food, write some reflections, stories to contribute. Stay tuned for more.

Gospel Reading for Sunday:

Mark 1:14-20

Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.”

As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the sea— for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, “Follow me and I will make you fish for people.” And immediately they left their nets and followed him. As he went a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John, who were in their boat mending the nets. Immediately he called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, and followed him.

Social

You can follow Breakfast Liturgy in Facebook and Twitter.

We also have a blog.

Peace,

Eliacín

eliacin@apostleschurch.org

Pastoral Leader

Breakfast Liturgy is a cross-generational sacramental community that loves food, breakfast food being the best kind.

10:00 AM :: 2nd & 4th Sunday of the Month at Church of the Apostles (COTA)/Fremont Abbey

A beautiful snowy morning in Epiphany. Keep warm.“All that...

eliacin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:53:29 -0500

A beautiful snowy morning in Epiphany. Keep warm.

“All that is eternal in me
welcomes the wonder of this day,
the field of brightness it creates
offering time for each thing
to arise and illuminate’
- John O’Donohue

(Photo from http://notwithoutsalt.com/2011/12/16/maple-hot-cocoa/)

Searching for meaning? Search For Meaning Book Festival 2012 ::...

eliacin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:13:25 -0500

Searching for meaning?

Search For Meaning Book Festival 2012 :: February 4th, Seattle Univerisity

Over 40 authors surrounding the human search for meaning
on issues of spirituality, faith and social justice.
Two keynote speakers, 4 general sessions, book signings, bookstore and more.

The Food Pantry at St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, San...

eliacin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:40:00 -0500

The Food Pantry at St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, San Francisco (by candlefoot)

Learn more about The Food Pantry

Link to: Why is the ‘Seattle Freeze’ so hard to...

eliacin — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:35:18 -0500

Link to: Why is the ‘Seattle Freeze’ so hard to melt?

I believe Breakfast Liturgy has emerged as a community that perhaps in a humble way embrace the Benedictine value of stability. Our community embodies a deep commitment to grounded relationships, in contrast with the transient nature of relationships in the Northwest. One of my images is that Breakfast Liturgy is a community in which the Seattle freeze melts away.

-Eliacin

We gather this Sunday, Jan. 8th 10AM

eliacin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:59:00 -0500

We gather this Sunday, Jan. 8th 10AM:

Happy New Year! Happy Epiphany! (Jan. 6)

This is a time of the year in which recognize the gift of the Christ child and embrace the hope of God manifesting Godself among us. May the Morning-Star of Epiphany and the world’s New Dawn, lead you, warm your heart, fortify your will, enkindle your devotion, enlighten and illumine your inward vision! May the Light of the World, guide you all the days of your earthly pilgrimage.

We come together this Sunday for our first gathering of 2012. In our gathering we enjoy communion through sharing our stories and eating together. We create community by working together and praying for one another.

This Sunday is known in the liturgical calendar as the Baptism Of Our Lord.

… we are fed and simultaneously become food for others.

eliacin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:36:55 -0500

… we are fed and simultaneously become food for others.

sending prayer.

eliacin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:04:05 -0500

sending prayer.

Making time for Family Meals

eliacin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:49:55 -0500

Making time for Family Meals:

Start with one day a week. Choose your family’s favorite dish, say, meatloaf, and make it every Tuesday. Trust me, everyone will naturally start to build their schedules around the meal. It’s a subtle shift in mentality.

The goal is to gather and talk. To share stories and arguments. As my kids were growing up, my wife, Susi, started every meal with, “What’s the funniest thing you heard all day? What’s the worst thing that happened all day? And who’d you sit next to at lunch?”

- Mario Batali

Read more at Seattle Times Food and Wine Section

Removing the “Holy” from “the Holidays”

eliacin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:26:00 -0500

Removing the “Holy” from “the Holidays”:

By anchoring the celebration of Jesus, the Light who had come into the world, to the darkest time of the year, the church gave future Christians a way to resist the darkness in the context of the life of Jesus. But rather than the frenetic four weeks that defines our current cultural celebration of Christmas, the church’s celebration of light and love and peace begins on the evening of December 24 and then lasts up to nine or ten more weeks.

Adhering to the liturgical calendar of the church year gives us a perfect way to resist cultural Christmas and to reclaim it as a Christian festival (albeit one with pagan roots). In this kind of celebration, Christians spend the four weeks leading up to Christmas preparing their hearts in the way of the Lord. Then when Christmas day arrives, it only signals the beginning. We actually get twelve more days just like it—to feast, to celebrate, and to throw a big, beautiful, midwinter party. Yes, there are twelve days of Christmas! All those gifts we sing about in “The Twelve Days of Christmas” recall a time when people gave each other gifts for the entire duration of the Christmas season. And yes, that might require a little time in the mall after Christmas Day, when stuff is a whole lot cheaper, the world is a lot less hectic, and there’s time to be more thoughtful about the things we buy or create for those we love.

Read more

"Long before institutionalized religions came along- and temples, and churches– there was an..."

eliacin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:46:55 -0500

“Long before institutionalized religions came along- and temples, and churches– there was an unquestioned recognition that what goes on in the kitchen is holy… Do we not hallow places by our very commitment to them? When we turn our home into a place that nourishes and heals and contents, we are meeting directly all the hungers that consumer society exarcebates but never satisfies.”

- Carol Flinders Food & Faith: Justice, Joy, and Daily Bread

Book Larder :: A Community Cookbook Store

eliacin — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:31:28 -0500

Book Larder :: A Community Cookbook Store:

Perfect! Right by the Fremont Abbey. Perhaps soon, we’ll taste some delicious breakfast food thanks to new recipes from the Book Larder.

Because we encounter God in the breaking and the baking of the...

eliacin — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:04:23 -0500

Because we encounter God in the breaking and the baking of the bread.

In our communal rhythm: • Together, we prepare and host the...

eliacin — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:50:22 -0500

In our communal rhythm:

• Together, we prepare and host the Table.

• We gather around the table to give thanks and eat. With this action we do not only acknowledge our physical hunger, but our spiritual hunger as well.

• We share stories, we opened ourselves to God and the community.

• We pray the Psalms and read the Scripturesjoining the multitude of faithful believers throughout the ages.

• We engage in a Gospel Dialogue, living into the Word and listening to what the Spirit have to tell us through the plurality of voices in our community.

• We pray for our community and others.

• We are sent to continue our prayers and worship in service thought the week in our everyday life in our neighborhoods.