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We Interrupt your Regularly Scheduled Blog...

This week I had intended to post a blog entry entitled "An Open Letter to my Conservative Friends". That has been postponed until later as life intervened this past weekend. The best and wisest man I had the privilege to be a son to went home to be with Jesus. The good news is that I was able to be there with him in his final hours and in the final moments was able to pray over him (it was the only thing I could do in that moment). I know in my heart of hearts, I will see him again in paradise.
That being said, I am going to take a break from my weekly blog. I will instead repeat a few for the next couple weeks until the first Monday in August. For now, I am going to spend time with friends and family and tell stories about a great man I know.


Since you decided to click on this post, I will leave you with a little tidbit. This was submitted by Cheryl on Allrecipes.com. It's very good.


Baked Pineapple Casserole
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
4 eggs
1 pinch ground cinnamon (optional)
1 pinch ground nutmeg (optional)
5 slices white bread, torn
1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple with juice


Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees (175 degrees C). Grease a medium-sized casserole dish.
2. In a mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar. (Use a mixer). Beat in one egg at a time. Stir in cinnamon and nutmeg. Add bread and crushed pineapple into the mixture. Transfer mixture to the prepared baking dish.
3. Bake in preheated oven until bubbly and lightly browned, about 60 minutes.


Or if you are feeling sad or down, click on the link - this always puts a smile on my face


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcq_xLi2NGo

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