Comments for Stewardship--Not Convenience http://stewardshipnotconvenience.wordpress.com My quest to rethink Biblical stewardship Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:59:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Shopping Bag Challenge! by LindaMc http://stewardshipnotconvenience.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/shopping-bag-challenge/#comment-96 LindaMc Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:59:37 +0000 http://stewardshipnotconvenience.wordpress.com/?p=79#comment-96 Hi Beth! I made the "durable denim tote" in about an hour (from cutting out the fabric to finished product.) I found the instructions pretty accurate; only the handle instructions were difficult to understand (I do better with pictures!) I knew my machine wouldn't handle the multiple thicknesses of attaching the doubled-over handle to the bag so I put a floral edging around the top and used topstitching to secure the handle. I'd submit a picture but my digital camera is kaput. Anyway, it's very cute and I've used it lots of times already...just not for shopping! Of course, the fabrics and thread all came from garage sales. I have more of the heavy denim left so I'm looking forward to making more bags when my schedule permits. I've been missing seeing you and the ladies. I hope to be finished with the house project by Saturday. Thanks for being a good woman! Linda Mc Hi Beth!

I made the “durable denim tote” in about an hour (from cutting out the fabric to finished product.) I found the instructions pretty accurate; only the handle instructions were difficult to understand (I do better with pictures!) I knew my machine wouldn’t handle the multiple thicknesses of attaching the doubled-over handle to the bag so I put a floral edging around the top and used topstitching to secure the handle.

I’d submit a picture but my digital camera is kaput. Anyway, it’s very cute and I’ve used it lots of times already…just not for shopping! Of course, the fabrics and thread all came from garage sales. I have more of the heavy denim left so I’m looking forward to making more bags when my schedule permits.

I’ve been missing seeing you and the ladies. I hope to be finished with the house project by Saturday. Thanks for being a good woman! Linda Mc

]]> Comment on In Need of Dependence by Jessica http://stewardshipnotconvenience.wordpress.com/2008/02/12/in-need-of-dependence/#comment-95 Jessica Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:15:06 +0000 http://stewardshipnotconvenience.wordpress.com/?p=20#comment-95 This was encouraging! Thanks for sharing. I am so often reminded of how my flesh does not depend on God but how much I need to each moment! BTW Thanks also for sharing your tips on cloth diapering. We are expecting a little one soon and are looking forward to using cloth. The tips are helpful. We are using prefolds and I am glad to hear you have had good sucess with them. Now I am starting to think about pocket diapers :) This was encouraging! Thanks for sharing. I am so often reminded of how my flesh does not depend on God but how much I need to each moment!

BTW Thanks also for sharing your tips on cloth diapering. We are expecting a little one soon and are looking forward to using cloth. The tips are helpful. We are using prefolds and I am glad to hear you have had good sucess with them. Now I am starting to think about pocket diapers :)

]]> Comment on A couple of things to check out… by carrie http://stewardshipnotconvenience.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/be-sure-to-check-out-my-post/#comment-94 carrie Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:56:26 +0000 http://stewardshipnotconvenience.wordpress.com/?p=81#comment-94 Beth, just found you through Keeper of the Home. Stewardship is very important to me, also, and I enjoyed reading your thoughts and visiting your blog! Beth, just found you through Keeper of the Home. Stewardship is very important to me, also, and I enjoyed reading your thoughts and visiting your blog!

]]> Comment on Ethanol–The Cause of All Our Woes? by pennythoughts http://stewardshipnotconvenience.wordpress.com/2008/05/26/ethanol-the-cause-of-all-our-woes/#comment-93 pennythoughts Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:36:57 +0000 http://stewardshipnotconvenience.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-93 Hey there! I was referred to your blog by your post at Keeper of the Home. I thought I'd comment on this post, since my husband is a chemical engineer by education and a petroleum engineer by trade. Ethanol hype really gets under his skin because, as Courtney points out, petroleum is used at every stage of production and because it is too expensive to produce. Ethanol is not an economically viable or enivironmentally friendly alternative to gasoline. It seems that much of the ethanol propaganda is just political. It's too bad. We'd love to see a green fuel (and my husband has dreamed of working in the alternative energy sector of his company). Oh, and yes, we feel the cognitive dissonance of getting our paycheck from big oil and, at home, doing everything we can to reuse, reduce, and recycle. I completely agree with your stewardship perspective on environmental concerns. We're with you 100% Hey there! I was referred to your blog by your post at Keeper of the Home. I thought I’d comment on this post, since my husband is a chemical engineer by education and a petroleum engineer by trade. Ethanol hype really gets under his skin because, as Courtney points out, petroleum is used at every stage of production and because it is too expensive to produce. Ethanol is not an economically viable or enivironmentally friendly alternative to gasoline. It seems that much of the ethanol propaganda is just political. It’s too bad. We’d love to see a green fuel (and my husband has dreamed of working in the alternative energy sector of his company). Oh, and yes, we feel the cognitive dissonance of getting our paycheck from big oil and, at home, doing everything we can to reuse, reduce, and recycle. I completely agree with your stewardship perspective on environmental concerns. We’re with you 100%

]]> Comment on Ethanol–The Cause of All Our Woes? by Amy http://stewardshipnotconvenience.wordpress.com/2008/05/26/ethanol-the-cause-of-all-our-woes/#comment-92 Amy Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:50:48 +0000 http://stewardshipnotconvenience.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-92 VERY interesting! We live only 15 miles from a new ethanol plant that is going bankrupt... failing miserably. I appreciate your thoughts and will have my husband read this, too. btw, I found you at Keeper of the Home. Nice post there, too! VERY interesting! We live only 15 miles from a new ethanol plant that is going bankrupt… failing miserably. I appreciate your thoughts and will have my husband read this, too. btw, I found you at Keeper of the Home. Nice post there, too!

]]> Comment on Ethanol–The Cause of All Our Woes? by A couple of things to check out… « Stewardship–Not Convenience http://stewardshipnotconvenience.wordpress.com/2008/05/26/ethanol-the-cause-of-all-our-woes/#comment-91 A couple of things to check out… « Stewardship–Not Convenience Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:40:42 +0000 http://stewardshipnotconvenience.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-91 [...] a while back, I was contacted by a writer with the Associated Press about my views on ethanol.  He interviewed me, and now I’ve been quoted in an article in a New York paper.  I [...] [...] a while back, I was contacted by a writer with the Associated Press about my views on ethanol.  He interviewed me, and now I’ve been quoted in an article in a New York paper.  I [...]

]]> Comment on Getting More Life Out of A Prefold by Sarah http://stewardshipnotconvenience.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/getting-more-life-out-of-a-prefold/#comment-90 Sarah Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:16:00 +0000 http://stewardshipnotconvenience.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-90 Great post! Love the idea! Great post! Love the idea!

]]> Comment on Getting More Life Out of A Prefold by Wife and Mommy http://stewardshipnotconvenience.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/getting-more-life-out-of-a-prefold/#comment-89 Wife and Mommy Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:27:07 +0000 http://stewardshipnotconvenience.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-89 Awesome! I'd love to be able to convert my prefolds to contours. Wish I could sew. Awesome! I’d love to be able to convert my prefolds to contours. Wish I could sew.

]]> Comment on Grocery Bags by Shopping Bag Challenge! « Stewardship–Not Convenience http://stewardshipnotconvenience.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/grocery-bags/#comment-88 Shopping Bag Challenge! « Stewardship–Not Convenience Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:32:32 +0000 http://stewardshipnotconvenience.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/grocery-bags/#comment-88 [...] that’s why I have this blog.  But the one thing that has really been on my heart a lot (It was even the first thing I blogged about on this site!) is using cloth shopping bags.  I have really really really wanted to switch to cloth for some [...] [...] that’s why I have this blog.  But the one thing that has really been on my heart a lot (It was even the first thing I blogged about on this site!) is using cloth shopping bags.  I have really really really wanted to switch to cloth for some [...]

]]> Comment on “Rusty”Chicken by ebwinkle http://stewardshipnotconvenience.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/rustychicken/#comment-87 ebwinkle Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:56:13 +0000 http://stewardshipnotconvenience.wordpress.com/?p=69#comment-87 I have a recipe that is really similar but the dressing is Dorothy Lynch Salad Dressing and apricot preserves. We always called it Dorothy Lynch Chicken. It's super yummy! I have a recipe that is really similar but the dressing is Dorothy Lynch Salad Dressing and apricot preserves. We always called it Dorothy Lynch Chicken. It’s super yummy!

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