I don’t know about you, but the last adjective I would have used to describe Jesus was “optimistic.” Nor would I have used its distant cousin – “joyful.” I mean, the shortest verse to appear in the Bible is “He wept.” It’s not “He laughed.” And then there’s this description of him in Isaiah 53: 2b-3 He had no beauty… Read More
Archives for November 2013
Five (Moniversaire)
“C’est moniversaire!” yells William as he runs up the stairs at 6:30 a.m. He has this tendency to drop the first syllables of his words. “Mon maillot de bain” (my bathing suit) becomes “mon yo de bain.” So bathing suits are now called “yo de bain” in our household. And why bother enunciating “mon anniversaire” (my birthday) when you can… Read More
Châtelet-les-Halles
Châtelet-les-Halles is located in the centre of Paris – the 1st arrondissement, and it’s pronounced (pretty close to) shot-lay-lay-all. It’s one of the oldest parts of Paris, the “halles” part referring to a covered market. In 1137 Louis XII decided to build an open-air market in a place outside of the old walls of Paris, called Champeaux – a former… Read More
Blanquette de Veau
Blanquette is referring to the fact that the dish is full of white ingredients. White = Blanc. You can use any white meat, such as poultry – think turkey legs – but it’s principally prepared with veal. Veau is pronounced like go -( vo). You’ll need 1.5 kilos of meat with some fat and no bone. I had to go back… Read More
The Validity of God’s Word
This post is based on one of the Basic Principles studies we do in our church – the Word of God. While the Scriptures are standard to the study, the reasoning and commentary (apart from a couple of the analogies) are mine. I would say that most people – Christians and non-Christians – don’t believe that the Bible is the… Read More
Dressing Up
Halloween is not at all a big deal in France. You may get a few trick-or-treaters. I think the bell rang, maybe, six times? And of course there were the sweet little pumpkins with their fathers, as well as the gang of pre-teens in masks who started reaching into the candy bowl themselves, shoving each other to get a better… Read More