Christine Mavis

08/12/2026

While shopping for ingredients to cook a
lovely carrot ginger soup I decided to
compare one of the vegetable broths I have
used in the past to a vegetable broth I
saw in the health food store. The first
broth had the following ingredients:

Ingredients: WATER, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SEA SALT, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, CARROT JUICE CONCENTRATE, ONION JUICE CONCENTRATE, CELERY JUICE CONCENTRATE, YEAST EXTRACT,
SALT

This has some nutrition and is useable for the soup.
(Not sure why it needed sugar in it?)

The broth I bought at the health food store had
the following ingredients:

INGREDIENTS: Filtered Water, Organic Onions, Organic Celery, Organic Carrots, Celtic Sea Salt, Organic Mushrooms, Organic Leeks, Organic Collard Greens, Organic Spinach, Urganic Broccoli, Organic Fennel, Organic Tomatoes, Organic Parsley, Organic Black Peppercorns, and Organic Garlic.

Because the second broth has substantially more
vegetable varieties in it makes it nutritionally
superior.

Looking at the ingredients of the food used
for cooking makes a difference. Over time
this augments health in a big way.

God gives us but one earthly body. We are
entrusted to take care of it as best we can.

08/11/2026

In medical discussions there has been debate over
the point when a person’s life ends. Does life
end when the heart no longer functions or when
the brain no longer functions? Some rhetoric
now has a more complex answer for this which
could emphasize both possibilities.

My own personal opinion is that it is neither. I
very much believe after watching people die
in the hospitals that death officially occurs
when the Holy Spirit leaves the body.

This also leaves me thinking about how Christians
should not give up on evangelizing a person.
Their salvation can occur in the twinkling of an
eye.

07/14/2026

Time for Summer exercise!

07/14/2026

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07/02/2026

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06/12/2026

Sometimes herbal preparations can offer vitamin and mineral support to the diet.  I personally currently enjoy using a product by Fiona‘s Forest. This is a tincture made with four herbs. One of the minerals that I particularly like receiving in this supplement is silicon. A wise older herbalist once told me that the silicon strengthens bones from the inside out while the calcium strengthens them from the outside in.

The understudy of this wise herbalist has this
preparation available.

fionasforest.com

06/04/2026

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Father, I’ll be honest: sometimes the giants in my path look far too big for me to handle. I find myself looking at my own small hands and wondering how I’ll ever stand against the shadows that loom over my peace. Lord, forgive my heart when it tries to strategize in its own strength or shrink back in fear.

Like David, I want to remember that my victory doesn’t depend on my size, but on Your sovereignty. Help me to lay down my heavy armor of control and simply trust in Your name. I am small, but You are infinite, and I rest in the truth that You are already standing in the gap for me.

For the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hands. : 1 Samuel 17:47



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05/18/2026

This is a special place where I have had the privilege of
treating clients for the past 8 summer seasons.

05/15/2026

05/15/2026

One emotional/mental remedy system available
is called the Bach Flower Remedies. This was
developed by Dr. Edward Bach in the early 20th century. This is a certain approach to herbalism
that is alchemical using the essence of a flower
In co-operation with the emotional and mental
need of a person.

There are 38 remedies in this system. They are not
used directly for physical illness, but for the
individuals mental state. The state of a person’s
psychic being has a bearing on the causation, development and cure of physical illness.

These remedies are available at many health food stores and pharmacies. There are written guides
that are published and can be used to decide
which remedy could be helpful.