The Past Few Days...

Friends from The Rebelution host team, The Rebelution forum, and Forthright Fixation.

• The Rebelution conference was a blessing. It was lovely meeting up with old and new friends! We were hoping to have more pictures, but our camera batteries died at an inopportune moment. Really, it seems we're cursed in this area. Lucky we're not photographers!
  

• Following my arrival here, Hannah discovered that I had never eaten real Southern chicken and dumplings. She considered this a tragedy, and set out to remedy the problem.
  
  Here is the incredibly delectable biscuit recipe she uses, which also doubles as a recipe for dumplings.
  
  Ingredients:
  2 cups flour
  2 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  3/4 teaspoon salt
  1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  2/3 cup oil
  1/3 buttermilk
  1 teaspoon butter (melted)
  
  Combine the dry ingredients. Add oil and buttermilk. Last, but not least, mix in the butter. Roll into doughballs or cut with biscuit cutter and place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 450 degrees for 8-10 minutes, or until the outside of biscuits are crispy.
  
  Can life get any better? I submit that it cannot.

• We're also excited to be taking part in an upcoming blog tour for Jim Spiegel's new book, Gum, Geckos and God. (We didn't know what a blog tour was before this either. Basically, we'll be asking Mr. Spiegel a question regarding his book--which discusses the theological conversations he's shared with his children--and he will answer our question here.) Stay tuned!

Well, that's life in Texas right now! I'm staying with Hannah's family until July 30th, so I may start to use words like "ya'll", "fellers", "fixin' to" and "she done done it" in my posts. We're having a wonderful time.