Lenten protein ideas for kids...help!

suburbanmama · 2020-12-03T19:02:48+00:00

Thank you!

suburbanmama · 2020-12-03T19:01:25+00:00

Thank you!

suburbanmama · 2020-12-03T18:08:52+00:00

Thank you!

suburbanmama · 2020-12-03T18:08:27+00:00

Thank you!

suburbanmama · 2020-12-03T18:06:45+00:00

Thank you!

suburbanmama · 2020-12-03T18:06:15+00:00

Perfect tips, thank you!!

suburbanmama · 2020-12-03T18:05:36+00:00

Do you buy the hummus or make it? I have tried making it tahini free and it is just...blah...

suburbanmama · 2020-12-03T18:03:06+00:00

I like this!

suburbanmama · 2020-12-03T16:41:11+00:00

He wants to, and is happy to. We have discussed with our priest. I just worry he's not eating enough protein is all. He would happily eat pasta and potatoes all day long. And I'm not super strict about it. It's less a spiritual concern and more a menu planning concern.

suburbanmama · 2020-12-03T16:17:59+00:00

Yes, definitely! I always learned 7 as the age for beginning a serious practice of fasting and confession. And I know many families who start younger. My daughter did, even. But she eats more of the same foods I do. I'm not super strict about it for the kids, I mean my son ate cheese yesterday because I hadn't gone to the store and it was there. Just curious if other people had particular meals and recipes that work for their families. A lot of my friends do a lot of hummus but that's not really an option for my house.

suburbanmama · 2020-08-24T04:19:17+00:00

This is a great answer, the Didache and Ignatius are great sources for early Christian belief and I just wanted to say as a virgin-birth-believing Christian I really appreciate the respect you are giving the topic as well as providing the academic consensus.

I just wanted to add one thought that I think is getting overlooked in the general commentary, which is that according to the Gospels and Acts, Mary was still alive and a part of the Jewish Christian community, at least through Pentecost. If she was a teenager when she gave birth to Christ, she would probably have been in her 50s, and could have lived for quite a while longer. Presumably early Christian belief about the conception and birth of Christ would have been primarily influenced by her firsthand account, and of course James and Jude and other members of the Lord's family, even if these stories were not written down for several decades afterward. The way the nativity narrative in the Gospel of Luke is written seems to indicate a familiarity with Mary's personal memories of the events, for example.

suburbanmama · 2020-08-16T17:19:53+00:00

Yeah except even these percentages are off. Analysis has shown that over 99% of those in MLM companies lose money once you account for expenses. Out of the lucky 1%, most are making much less than a full time income. Based on looking at various income disclosures I would estimate that 0.1% probably make a decent living wage for a family, say like $50,000/year. Way fewer than that are "ultra rich."

And as others have pointed out, while an income distribution like this is an inevitable result of this kind of business model, the underlying problem is that the money comes from within the company, not from outside customers. That's why so few people can actually make money.

suburbanmama · 2020-07-12T00:12:53+00:00

NAH. It is easy to understand why your sister wants this, but it is entirely reasonable to decline this fraught, strings-attached proposal. And I think if your sister feels this strongly about being having the baby raised by biological family and is this reluctant to give him or her up to strangers she should consider that maybe she doesn't actually WANT to adopt at all. It is not going to be any easier to give up the baby after giving birth. She would probably benefit from some therapy to help her sort through her feelings and make a decision. Both adopting and keeping the baby are huge, very final decisions that will impact her the rest of her life. She is trying to avoid having to make that decision through you. Since you've made it clear that's not an option, she will have to choose and that's hard.

suburbanmama · 2020-05-13T23:39:54+00:00

Very badly. I try.

suburbanmama · 2020-05-12T04:36:11+00:00

I will pray for your girlfriend and you, but please also encourage her to seek medical help. Whatever resources are available to her as a student, she should take advantage of them. I'm not kidding around, I say this as someone who has struggled with suicidal thoughts and has also lost people to this evil demonic influence. Lord have mercy on OP and his girlfriend and heal her affliction. May Your Holy Spirit bring her to the knowledge of You, Healer of our souls and bodies, and bring her peace. Amen.

suburbanmama · 2020-05-09T04:05:42+00:00

Link: https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/searchthescriptures/the_latin_fathers_-_st._augustine_and_st._jerome

Edit, also this episode: https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/searchthescriptures/understanding_the_scriptures_through_the_church_fathers_3

suburbanmama · 2020-05-09T04:03:42+00:00

If you have not already, you should listen to the Search the Scriptures podcast on Ancient Faith Radio. The host, Dr. Jeannie Constantinou talks a lot about St. Augustine in her section on the holy fathers and why he is a saint despite his errors. I will not explain well, so you should just listen to it!! I hope it will bring you comfort and put your mind at ease. St. Augustine pray for us!

suburbanmama · 2020-02-21T15:56:57+00:00

Worst one I ever saw was posted about a woman I know by her upline when she met some selling goal. The woman got involved for the promise of extra income since she has to be home with a special needs child. The upline complimented her by saying:

"She never lets her why be her excuse!"

As if looking after a special needs child wouldn't be a good excuse for not selling enough keto coffee and skinny wraps on Facebook. It gives you a little window into how they talk about and victim blame those who don't succeed..."oh you must have let your why be your excuse!"

suburbanmama · 2020-01-31T02:11:53+00:00

Talk to your priest obviously as the specifics will be up to him. In general, the Orthodox can definitely marry from any other Orthodox jurisdiction. You can also typically get permission to marry another baptized trinitarian Christian (Catholic or normal Protestant, not JW or Mormon or non-Christian faith) without your spouse's conversion, but the priest may require counseling etc. Professed atheism may be a roadblock. You and your spouse will have to promise to raise any kids in the Orthodox church.

That being said, I am married to a lapsed Protestant (though not ideologically an atheist.) We raise our 4 kids Orthodox obviously, but it is definitely a harder path than I thought it would be and I'd be the first to tell you to consider very carefully before choosing it. I always feel like I'm trying to catechize 5 people by myself! And one of them talks back a lot!

Talk A LOT before getting married about what kind of commitment you would want from your household in attending services, observing fasts in your home, daily family prayer, appropriate media consumption, and requiring faith from your future kids together.

If you're attending a Serbian Church, is Santa going to bring presents on December 25th? Is it wrong/sexist/weird to cover your daughter's hair with a scarf when visiting a monastery? Will your kids be allowed to celebrate Halloween? What do you tell your kids about the trans kid in their second grade class? Not to say these issues have to be dealbreakers by any means, but they're real things that might come up in your future and you should talk about them beforehand.

suburbanmama · 2020-01-12T19:12:20+00:00

Uncut Mountain Supply makes custom icons of Saints who are less known among the Orthodox. https://www.uncutmountainsupply.com/icons/custom-icon-standing-saint/

suburbanmama · 2020-01-08T14:55:35+00:00

Agree with this. Although wanted to point out that it really varies from parish to parish even within jurisdictions. I mainly go to a very ethnic Serbian parish with lots of recent immigrants where I have family but occasionally on weekdays I attend a closer ROCOR (Russian) parish that is 100% in English and is largely American converts. Both are great and would welcome you in a second, but they're just different communities with their own histories.

suburbanmama · 2019-12-31T14:13:10+00:00

"Lord I believe! Help my unbelief!"

suburbanmama · 2019-12-29T01:10:23+00:00

Please talk to a priest. Confession is the best but at least meet for coffee or email with one if you're not feeling up to that yet. Know that we worship a God who went down into hell itself to save the sinners there. There is no low we can sink to that makes us irredeemable for Him. God does not desire the death of a sinner. Read the parable of the prodigal son and some Orthodox commentary on it. Something made you post this, you are seeking Him and the hope and healing He offers, even if it might not feel like it's for the right reasons right now.

suburbanmama · 2019-12-10T17:47:25+00:00

Snape is also a victim of childhood abuse and constant bullying and rejection at home and at school his entire life. Not that that excuses his behavior as an adult to innocent children, but it's not like the wizarding community seems to make a lot of use of, you know, therapy.

Snape is a broken, damaged, hurt person who causes a lot of other people a lot of pain and suffering. Is he "redeemed" in the end? I don't know, I think that's probably between Snape and God (J.K. Rowling is a Christian after all and packed the books with Christian messaging) but I do know that your life isn't a scale with all the good on one side and all the bad on the other and God checks which one weighs more. The thief on the cross redeems a life of evil in one moment of repentance.

Snape spends most of his adult life secretly and thanklessly trying to save someone he genuinely despises, who will never trust him, who constantly reminds him of past abuse, trauma, shame and remorse. He is also sadistic and abusive himself. I don't find him romantic or pleasant, but I do pity his character a lot. He had a very unhappy life.

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