http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com Christian Agrarian Counterculture Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:27:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last night we had such a fine meal, I thought I'd share it with you. Nothing fancy, didn't even have meat. It was just good summer food and all of it was pick moments before it was consumed. We had summer squash and zucchini fried in butter ... http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2008/07/24/good-eats/ This year I've really been lamenting over the fact that we didn't have a hog around. Hogs are one of the most important animals to have on a real homestead. They turn waste milk, table scraps, and garden scraps into fine tasting meat. Every time I saw ... http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2008/07/24/porky-the-pig/ We've been pretty busy of late and everytime I was going to take the time to post something here the wireless connection would be giving me fits. But its working today, so I thought I'd drop in and write something. We have been making hay whenever the equipment ... http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2008/07/14/whats-new-on-the-hill/ There is no denying the fact that the church in America has reached a low point. Our nation, settled by and built by Christians in 1600's, has lost faith in the Triune God and we are reaping the wirlwind we deserve. Culture is religion externalized, the polytheistic ... http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2008/06/18/the-current-crisis-and-the-coming-opportunity/ Thursday evening after milking the older boys and I took off for the first camping trip of the summer. We needed some good old "camp fire therapy". It was fun, we got camp built pretty quick and gathered a good supply of fire wood. We ate, target ... http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2008/06/14/camping-trip/ The following quotes are from A.W. Pink on the Sovereignty of God. The Sovereignty of God. What do we mean by this expression? We mean the supremacy of God, the kingship of God, the god-hood of God. To say that God is Sovereign is to declare that God is God. To ... http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2008/06/14/sovereignty/ Pastor Bret, over at Iron Ink, has been turning out some great posts. I highly recommend these articles on education. Read them in order. Dipped, Rolled, & Deep Fried Do Alternate School Settings Fix All That Is Broken? A Response to a Response on Alternative Settings http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2008/06/14/education/ John and Noah decided to try trapping cottontails with a little live trap. They drug the trap away and came back and asked me for some bait. I gave them an apple and they disappeared again. They would disappear every morning to check the trap always disappointed, ... http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2008/06/13/two-proud-country-boys/ I while back I wrote about Psalm singing and some of you bought a copy of The Book of Psalms for Singing from Crown and Covenant. If you happen to be like me, and music notes are as readable as Latin this might be of some help. The ... http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2008/06/11/psalm-tunes/ Broome county NY, the peaceful hill country that I call home, is becoming very popular as of late. The big natural gas companies are swarming in offering riches beyond your wildest dreams and a poor rural population is giddy with joy. Seems we all sit on a big ... http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2008/06/11/greed-and-gas/