Coffee Gift Ideas for Mom
April 30, 2011 at 3:24 pm | Posted in Coffee Reviews | Leave a commentTags: Boston Stoker, Buon Giorno Coffee, Cafe Volio, Coffee Labs Roasters, Coffee Reviews, Hemisphere Coffee Roasters, Mother's Day, Stauf's
I haven’t blogged consistently over the past three months. Kim and I have done a lot of traveling and we have moved to a different state. We have had some good and bad things to deal with also that involve our sons. I may write about some of our experiences in the near future. But you can be sure we have had some good coffee along the way. Starting next week I will be posting coffee and coffee shop reviews. I have a lot to catch up on. I have even turned down some coffee until I get caught up.
During our travels we have been able to try coffee in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Texas. We have had some great coffee and some average coffee. Some coffee that we had was even a little disappointing. We have been in some great coffee shops and met with owners and roasters. Talking with some of the owner/roasters was a great diversion during some difficult times.
We have been learning a lot more about coffee and coffee shops too. Since January we also learned more about cupping coffees and barista judging. We plan to look into home roasting in the future too. We have been trying some new coffees and sharing beans with friends. I have introduced some people to the French Press and Chemex brewers too.
Today I want to give you our suggestions for gifts of coffee if your mom likes coffee and has a grinder. If you live close enough to one of these shops then take your mom out for a good cup of coffee. In my reviews you can read what I look for in a coffee shop. The shops I mention here are very good. I will suggest a coffee too, but we have had more than one coffee from each of them and they were all good. I am already thinking that there are other shops I could mention, but I’ll start with these:
www.bostonstoker.com Costa Rican La Minita; Dayton, Ohio area
www.cafevolio.com Founder’s Blend, West Side Market, Cleveland, Ohio
www.hemispherecoffees.com Nicaraguan Maragogype, Mechanicsburg, Ohio
www.staufs.com Dominican Republic Café Femenino, Columbus, Ohio
www.coffeelabs.com Ethiopian Amaro Gayo, Tarrytown, New York
www.buongiornocoffee.net/ Venezie Blend, Grapevine, Texas; the picture at the top is their roaster.
Each of these coffee shops is worth going out of your way to get too. We have had more than one coffee from each of them and thought they were very good. The staff of each was very helpful and friendly. It was a really good experience. From our point of view you should be glad if you live close to one of them. If you don’t you can still order coffee from them and give your mom some great coffee. Time for me to take Kim on a date to a coffee shop we have never been too. Until the next time, remember to stop and enjoy the conversations and coffee.
Much GRACE and peace to you,
Bill
(Romans 15:13)
Book Review: Deeper into the Word New Testament
April 30, 2011 at 10:45 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: Bethany House Publishers, book review, Deeper into the Word New Testament, Keri Wyatt Kent
I just posted a book review by my wife Kim. You can read it by going to the Book Reviews page. The book is: Kent, Keri Wyatt, Deeper into the Word New Testament. Bloomington, MN: Bethany House Publishers, 2011. 247pp.
Book Review: From the Library of A.W. Tozer
April 29, 2011 at 2:09 pm | Posted in Book Reviews | Leave a commentTags: book review, From the Library of A.W. Tozer, James Stuart Bell, Tozer reviews
I just posted a review of From the Library of A.W. Tozer by James Stuart Bell. You can read it on my Book Reviews page.
Book Review: Jesus In The Present Tense
April 25, 2011 at 2:41 pm | Posted in Book Reviews | Leave a commentTags: book review, David C. Cook, Jesus In The Present Tense, Warren W. Wiersbe
I have just posted a review of Warren Wiersbe’s Jesus In The Present Tense. You can read it by clicking on my Book Review page.
He Died For Me
March 13, 2011 at 9:56 am | Posted in hymns | Leave a commentTags: Easter songs, encouragement, Ephesians 1:15-23, He Died For Me, hymns, John Newton, Romans 15:13
It has been an interesting two and a half months for Kim and I. The next two months should be pretty interesting also. We are getting ready to move as I have accepted a call to pastor a redevelopment church in northeast Ohio. We are going through all the things associated with moving. We have many mixed emotions connected with this move, but we know that God has released me to go and pastor this church. We know that He is sending me and us to serve there. We are looking forward to it. This move will take place soon.
There are other things going on in our lives too, both good and bad, or encouraging and discouraging; whichever way you want to describe them. No matter how you look at them or describe them, we know that God is in control. We have rested in Him and His plans for us for too long to give up now. These circumstances involve both of our sons. Two completely different circumstances or events, but they are linked because of family. No matter the outcomes we know that God is in control here also. They were both dedicated to the Lord when they were babies and we have trusted God to watch over them and teach them.
That brings me to today and blogging. Sometimes I like blogging and sometimes I don’t. I have been busy and preoccupied so I have chosen not to blog consistently over the past few months. I was going to start earlier this week, but then I decided to start with a hymn for Sunday. I have a couple of things in mind with this hymn. First, I want to do some hymns that have an Easter type theme to lead up to Easter Sunday. Second, I hope to encourage people with hymns they may not know or have not sung in a while. Third, I hope to reaquaint some people with great old hymns and introduce some people to some hymns they may never have heard of.
So I hope this hymn blesses you and encourages you to think about what Jesus did for you. He died a painful, terrible death on a cross to pay for your sins (and mine of course). But there is more to that story. God raised Him from the dead and seated in Him in heaven and gave Him the Name that is above every name. Now God the Father offers new life and forgiveness of sins by grace through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ. Hallelujah, what a Savior! I think there is a hymn by that name, but that is for another Sunday.
Much GRACE and peace to you,
Bill (a fellow-laborer)
Romans 15:13; Ephesians 1:15-23
He Died For Me
by John Newton (1725-1807), sung in 6/4 time
1. I saw One hanging on a tree, In agony and blood;
He fixed His loving eyes on me, As near His cross I stood.
(Refrain) Oh, can it be, upon a tree The Savior died for me?
My soul is thrilled, my heart is filled. To think He died for me!
2. Sure, never till my lastest breath. Can I forget that look;
It seemed to charge me with His death. Though not a word He spoke.
(Refrain)
3. My conscience felt and owned the guilt, And plunged me in despair;
I saw my sins His blood had spilt And helped to nail Him there.
(Refrain)
4. A second look He gave, which said, “I freely all forgive;
This blood is for your ransom paid, I die that you may live.”
(Refrain)
Book Review: Health Care You Can Live With
February 24, 2011 at 1:02 pm | Posted in Book Reviews | Leave a commentTags: book review, Discover Wholeness in Body and Spirit, Dr. Scott Morris, encouraging, Health Care You Can Live With, Susan Martins Miller
I’ve just posted a book review by my wife Kim Mazey.
Morris, Dr. Scott with Susan Martins Miller, Health Care You Can Live With, Discover Wholeness in Body and Spirit. Uhrichsville, OH: Barbour Publishing, Inc. 2011. 254 pp.
If I could describe this book with one word it would be, “encouraging.” I appreciated Dr. Morris’ book and as a health care worker for more than 30 years I have seen many changes in the health of the general public as well as the ways we address them. …………….
You can read the rest of the review on my Book Review page.
The World and the Church
February 16, 2011 at 3:44 pm | Posted in Devotional | Leave a commentTags: 1 John5:19, cross of Christ, David Livingstone quotes, Ephesians 5:27, Kingdom of Christ, Oswald Chambers, Still Higher for His Highest
Still Higher For His Highest
by Oswald Chambers, February 15
so that He might present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thin, that she might be holy and without blemish. (Ephesians 5:27 ESV)
We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. (1 John 5:19 ESV)
The Church confronts the world with a message the world craves for but resents because it comes through the Cross of Christ. The central keystone for all Time and Eternity on which the whole purpose of God depends is the Cross (Galatians 6:14). When the world gets in a bad way, she refers to the Church; when prosperous, she hates it. If men could blot out the standard of the Christian Church they would do it; but in a crisis they find a need in their own heart. As preachers we are privileged by God to stand stedfast against any element that lowers His standard. We are called upon to confront the world with the Gospel of Christ, not to start off on side tracks of our own. The Church owns a mastery the world can neither ignore nor do without, the mastery of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I am reading through this book as part of my early morning devotional time. It has been a blessing to me and helped me think upon the things of God. Chambers was a godly man who was a very good teacher of the Word. He knew God and was growing in his knowledge of God. He didn’t just know about God. Both his intellectual and practical knowledge of God were in balance. I would encourage you to read anything by him. I don’t think you will be disappointed.
Be growing in GRACE,
Bill (a fellow-laborer)
Romans 15:13; Jeremiah 9:23-24)
“I place no value on anything I have or possess except in relation to the Kingdom of Christ. If anything I have will advance that Kingdom, it shall be given or kept, whichever will best promote the glory of Him to whom I owe all my hopes, both for time and eternity.”
– David W. Livingstone
There Is Power in the Blood
February 13, 2011 at 8:16 am | Posted in hymns | Leave a commentTags: hymn, Jeremiah 9:23-24, Lewis E. Jones, Romans 15:13, There Is Power in the Blood
There Is Power in the Blood
By Lewis E. Jones (1865-1936); sung in 4/4 time
1. Would you be free from the burden of sin? There’s power in the blood, power in the blood; Would you o’er evil a victory win? There’s wonderful power in the blood.
(Refrain) There is power, power, wonder working power In the blood of the Lamb; There is power, power, Wonder working power In the precious blood of the Lamb.
2. Would you be free from your passion and pride? There’s power in the blood, power in the blood; Come for a cleansing to Calvary’s tide; There’s wonderful power in the blood.
(Refrain)
3. Would you be whiter, much whiter than snow? There’s power in the blood, power in the blood; Sin stains are lost in its life giving flow; There’s wonderful power in the blood.
(Refrain)
4. Would you do service for Jesus, your King? There’s power in the blood, power in the blood; Would you live daily His praises to sing? There’s wonderful power in the blood.
(Refrain)
(11)They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. (Revelation 12:11)
There is a lot going on in my life and the life of my family right now. I have taken some time away from blogging just to take a break and because of other more important things. Honestly for most of the time I did not miss it. But I do want to start up again and chose to wait until today to start with one of my favorite hymns. I hope you experience the presence of God in your life today.
Much GRACE and peace to you,
Bill (a fellow-laborer)
Romans 15:13; Jeremiah 9:23-24
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