HOPETV, Inspiring Summer Viewing

Hi everyone!  :)

I have a unique opportunity this week.  HOPETV has asked me to make sure that you, my fellow Canadians, are aware of their summer programming, which is perfect for watching while you are on vacation.  This is a sponsored post.

First off, let me tell you that HOPETV is currently available on Bell 591, throughout Alberta & BC on Telus Optik 875 or Telus Satellite 591, in Manitoba on Shaw/MTS 11 and in Ontario and New Brunswick on Rogers 174.

Are you looking for TV that fills your day with light, love and hope? Tune in to HOPETV and you’ll get the most popular and inspirational programs from the world’s leading Christian ministries.  HOPETV's programming is quite varied, so it will appeal to a wide variety of audiences.

I don't know about you, but when we go on vacation it can be a challenge to find a good local congregation to meet with.  HOPETV would like to fill that gap.  Giving you good programming and music to inspire you for when you are away from your own church. 

For instance, they have a whole segment on the First Nations peoples in Tribal Trails,  Joyce Meyer and the 700 Club, along with a program called Quick Study TV that goes through the entire bible in a year using biblical archaeology, creation science and expository teaching. 

And boy oh boy do they have music, from the beautiful little classics that gives nice background music, to the Gaither Hour, or the Concert Series.  So many options of music, on it's own or set to natures videos.  This music will lift you up and encourage you.  Imagine you are away from your own church and wanting to feel more connected to God, this music will draw your heart in with praise to our Lord and Saviour.

In Touch Ministries, Day of Discovery, Joyce Meyer, and even Joel Osteen.   All sorts of programs to teach and intrigue you.  As you tune in to HOPETV  you will get the most popular and inspirational programs from the world’s leading Christian ministries.   Continue to learn of the things of the Lord even when you are away from your local congregation.

HOPETV gives you a positive, uplifting message to listen to this summer instead of so many of the negative things that fill our lives today.   Be inspired and connected with people of faith this summer vacation, watch HOPETV!

HOPE TV is a subsidiary of ZoomerMedia Limited, a multi-faith, multi-ethnic media outlet that aims to provide Canadians with enlightening, encouraging and educational content. HOPE TV is a unique, lifestyle television service that presents the some of the most popular and inspirational programs from the world’s leading Christian ministries, as well as select local shows representing other faiths. HOPE TV provides online and cable content, and offers a wide range of content, perspectives, and communication styles.

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God's Righteousness Despite our Lack

Hello, continuing my study in the Book of Romans. Glad to have you here. Click here for the rest of the series   Today the first 8 verses of chapter 3. 

 Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? ² Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God. ³ What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? ⁴ By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written,

“That you may be justified in your words,
    and prevail when you are judged.”

⁵ But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.) ⁶ By no means! For then how could God judge the world? ⁷ But if through my lie God's truth abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner? ⁸ And why not do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.

I can't say this is the easiest section to understand.  I really can't. 
If circumcision is of the heart, if we are to be Spirit-led, then is there any advantage to being Jewish.  That's the question right?
Paul says the advantage is in that they were the first people to received God's word.

Now.. does it matter that some of the Jewish people were unfaithful?
Not really.
It doesn't really say anything about God's faithfulness.  He remains faithful and righteous.

God is true.  EVEN IT everyone involved with him turns out to be a liar.  It doesn't change God's character one whit.  He is faithful and fully righteous. 

In fact... our lack of being faithful and righteous shows off just how faithful and righteous God himself is.

So....Does that mean God shouldn't judge us for being what we are?
Seriously DUDE?

Imagine a child does something wrong, despite his folks telling him how to do things correctly.   Does that mean the parents have done wrong OR that they would be wrong to say HEY.. son..you did that incorrectly?   Of course not.

God needs to be able to call sin what it is.. Sin.  It's a choosing to do something against God's written law.  (written on our hearts remember?)  If our sin shows God off for being better.. that's a good thing...but doesn't mean we should want to sin, or that God can't call us on our action.   Just means more glory to God.

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Recipe: Beef Stew with Bread

Yesterday I decided to try out a bread in a box recipe and needed something to go with it.  I thought stew would be good thing to go with it and was right.
 
The fellows helped me put it together since I'd just gotten home from a walk and my feet were sore so I didn't want to stand too long.  Wasn't that lovely of them?

How to toss it together.

First off .. make the bread.  I used a box from Sunset Gourmet called "Cheesy Garlic Beer Bread Mix".  I made it using a strong ale that hubby said was getting a touch old.   This bread needs to sit for half hour before using.  It's great for dips, soups and stews.

In the store, show the lad how to price out the cheaper cuts of beef since we'll be making stew we don't need fancy meat.   Let him pick out the right package and tell him GOOD JOB.

At home, ask hubby to cut up the beef into small pieces as you dice up 1 1/2 onions and three stalks of celery.  Dump it all in the stew pot.

Liberally add some salt and pepper.  Brown in a little touch of oil.

Get the lad to wash up some potatoes for dad to dice (I think he did three large), and then set him to shelling the garden fresh peas.

Meanwhile dig out the carrots from the fridge and dice them up.. ended up with about four large carrots.   

When Dad is done with the taters watch in amazement as he tosses in tons of different seasonings and then bumble around saying.. don't we have a thickener of some sort I can throw in here?

Suggest three bay leaves to add to the pot as you dig through your stash of seasoning packages and find some dry chicken gravy mix to toss in.  Explaining to the lad that adding gravy will make it a stew instead of soup as stews are thick with less liquid.

Throw in a box of chicken bouillon/stock (the liquid stuff Campbells makes).. though if my rabbit stock had been thawed out I would have used that instead.  :)

When it's all in the pot look and say "oh, need a bit more celery" so do up two more stalks.

Discover a couple of tomatoes going soft so turn them into mush before adding to pot (saucing them before adding to the pot means a boy child not turned off by cooked tomato).   Dice up one orange bell pepper as well.

Let stew for two hours.

In end come up with a stuff slightly on the spicy side (oops.. forgot the sundried tomato mix has some chilis in it hun).   But realize the bread counteracts the spicyness quite nicely...so doing what I intended was an excellent choice with this stew.   The lad exclaims "Mom!   We need to make this again, it was good!!!"  

One of the things I love about stew is it comes out differently every single time, and when hubby and son help, makes it even better.  :)

All told we put in
1 package of stir fry beef strips
four large carrots
1.5 onions
3 bay leaves
5 stalks celery
About a cup of green peas
3 large potatoes
a variety of seasonings : salt, pepper, sundried tomato, basil, oregano, garlic and more.
one box liquid bouillon/chicken stock
package of dry chicken gravy
about a tablespoon of corn starch
two tomatoes
touch of oil for browning

If you make it, tell me what seasonings you would use.  :)

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Save the Zed

Blogging through the Alphabet.  Ah it's been a good 26 week run hasn't it?  I hope you've enjoyed it as much as Amanda and I have!   This week we celebrate the letter Z.

In case you missed any posts:

A: Sidney Altman.
B: Beavers.
C: O Canada.
D: DogSledding in Canada.
E: Edgewalk.
F: Frogs.
G: The Greats of Canada.
H: Henry Hudson.
I: Igloos and Inukshuks Work.
J: J starts with Jump Canada.
K: Karst.
L: Loonies and Twonies.
M: Maple Syrup.
N: Miss Natalie.
O: OHIP
P: Prickly Pear Cactus.
Q: Questions about Canada.
R: Raving, Rabid, Rabbits.
S: Skating.
T: Toque.
U: UFO Landing Page.
V: V, Canadian Style.
W: Winnie the Pooh.
X: Excellent Time to Celebrate Canada's Birthday.
Y: Yukon.
Z is for Zed!

In Canada, we pronounce the letter Z as Zed.    Zed is how the British do it, so we do too.  Dating way back to the 15th century!

While British and American English have distinct vocabularies, Canadian English vocabulary is informed by both. For the most part, however, Canadian English follows the American influence, with Canadians preferring flashlight to torch and diaper to nappy, for example. Zed is perhaps the most iconic instance of Canadians preferring the British term to the American.  (source)

Much of our spelling is done the British way to, eh?

I have to admit to feeling a bit alarmed part way through this video... will the insidiousness of American childrens programming speak to the end of the proper way to say Z?   I really hope not.  It's good to love our American neighbours, but also very good to be different from them as well.  :)

Long may our ZED survive!!!!!

 

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Review: Fascinating Education

Currently I am grading a highschool biology course, I'm doing pretty good on it but sometimes my students ask me a question that requires some research, ergo when I learned about reviewing Fascinating Biology put out by Fascinating Education, I thought, what a perfect opportunity for me to brush up on my highschool biology!! Thank you Fascinating Education for the opportunity to do so.You have been a good help to me.  :)

About Fascinating Education
It was created by Dr. Margulies.  Fascinating Biology, is an online biology course, that comes with 18 lessons.  His goal is to break down the sciences into bite-sized, manageable chunks to increase the learning potential in his students. As you can see, each lesson is broken down into several components.  If you stop your video, it will pick up again where you left off when you return which is ever so handy.  Means you can just stop and not worry about having to start all over again.  Having each section clearly labeled also means you know where he is going as he moves through the lecture.

Each Lesson also comes with a built in glossary/vocabulary section.   If you highlight a word, it's definition shows up below. This is a very handy feature.

How I used it.
One of the things I love about fascinating biology is that I can pick the order I want to do the lessons in.  For instance, one of my students was having a problem with understanding mitosis and meiosis... so I went directly to that section, listened and got the answer.  AND since we get a full course transcript it made it really easy for me to get the answer to my student, and help them find additional support online to help them gain better understanding.  Pretty cool eh?

The 18 lessons are as follows: 

• What is life
• Chemistry review
• The cell membrane
• Take in Nutrients
• Take in Energy (four parts)
• Grow
• Reproduce (three parts)
• Homeostasis (two parts)
• Adapt (two parts)
• Prokaryotes, Protists, Animals, Fungi
• Plants

So other than researching areas of concern for my students, how did I actually use it?  
At night!  Seriously, hubby would go to bed, and I'd put in my ear phones and just listen.  I could work on other things, listen and do my brushing up.  It was great!   When an area was harder to understand I could stop what I was doing, rewind the video and listen again while watching the slides.  Then if I really didn't understand I could pull up the transcript and read through it.  Have these two different ways to access the material I felt completely covered! 

I honestly didn't really look at the tests a whole lot but I did take one and much to my surprise I pulled off an 80% which tells me that if you listen AND read the transcripts...you'll nail the material.  The questions come right out of the script.. so honestly listen, read, test yourself if you like to.  BUT as an adult using it as a refresher, seriously its optional.  As a highschool student needing a transcript.. take the test.  :)

If you do take the route of using the tests, as you go through your results you can easily see where you went wrong. Helps with the learning eh?  But seriously, unless you are you taking this for highschool biology credit, don't worry about the tests unless you love taking them.  :)

Taking the Chemistry course first is recommended, but if you choose to do Biology first they have a short chemistry course you can take first. Six lessons to make sure you understand the chemistry part of biology.  It's called Chemistry Pre-course for Biology.  It's a subset of the chemistry course and would be an added cost.

My thoughts:
I love love love how everything is covered in this biology curriculum.. the full course transcript, the ability to watch or listen to the video being taught, the slides, being able to jump around from lesson to lesson learning what I need to.  It's great.  Seriously.  For the purposes for which I am using it, it has been a useful addition into my household. 

Fascinating Education. 
Fascinating Biology, along with a pre-course (6 lessons that cover the basics of Chemistry bonding methods) to help me brush up on my chemistry.
A full year subscription
Cost $79/yr
Pre-course Chemistry $20
Learn more here.

For the past few weeks I've been reviewing Fascinating Education along with 50 other reviewers.     We've been using these courses:
Fascinating Chemistry
Fascinating Biology
Fascinating Physics
Do check them out, and look over their sample lessons too!
I invite you to click here or on the image below to see what we had to say about them.

You can see my review of Fascinating Chemistry here.

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