Dollars for Doughnutshttp://dollarsfordoughnuts.net/web-log/en-US2010-07-30T11:57:38ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Call to worship for Easter Sunday sunrisehttp://dollarsfordoughnuts.net/web-log/call-to-worship-for-easter-sunday-sunrise.htmlDavid Robert Wright2010-04-05T03:03:44Z(I wrote this as the call to worship for Memorial Presbyterian Church, Saint Louis, for Easter Sunrise service 2010)

In darkness did our Lord die. In darkness did he pay for our sins. With that darkness the apostles' fire was put out. As darkness covered the land, they saw the Lord in anguish. Their teacher, messiah, and friend was slain.
And the Father? He watched as his own son was deserted by all of his friends in the darkness of night. He let the darkness cover the land. And, for the love of his image-bearers, he deserted his own son, rending the fellowship that had existed from eternity.
Yet even in those dark hours, the light of hope did not die. And on that first paschal morning, a guttering, dying flame rose and blazed as bright as the sun itself. With what joy did the Father receive his son again to life! One imagines a holy laugh among eternal friends, a laugh from which death cowers, for its days are numbered.
With what joy did Jesus rise like the sun on the shadows of his friends' sorrow! And the Marys and Salome passed the light of Christ to Peter and John, who passed it to the other apostles. And today, all the corners of the earth are being filled with the light of Christ, and those lights will be as numberless as the stars in the sky. Now, let us be filled anew with the light of Christ's joy, and worship our Lord and our God. Alleluia! Christ is risen!

 

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]]>Productivity pr0nhttp://dollarsfordoughnuts.net/web-log/productivity-pr0n.htmlDavid Robert Wright2010-02-15T16:09:41Z

Two Nalgenes, one Courage Badge, one Boy Scout wallet, one iPhone 3G S, one lined pocket Moleskine, one Retro 1951 medium nib fountain pen.

]]>Tasting notes on Kaldi's fourth-place coffee from the 2009 Monserrate Cupping Competitinhttp://dollarsfordoughnuts.net/web-log/tasting-notes-on-kaldis-fourth-place-coffee-from-the-2009-mo.htmlDavid Robert Wright2010-02-04T17:18:00ZFlickr

Kaldi's Coffee offers the fourth-prize-winner from the 2009 Colombia Monserrate competition. Like the "Lo Mejor", this is a very fine coffee. When you get up to this level of quality coffee, most differences come down to personal taste. I've tasted this using two different brewing methods and I'll report on each one.

French press

I brewed the coffee with a dose of 18g coffee to 250ml water for 3'30" and skimming the grinds off the top before pressing. This is a fantastic coffee. It offers an aroma of caramel and spices with flavor notes of lemon and nuts. It's got a milky mouthfeel—not dense, but just enough body to seem substantial. 

Clover

I also had this coffee brewed at Kaldi's downtown Clayton location in the Clover 1s. I'll offer thoughts on the Clover soon. It was brewed with 12 fl. oz. of water, 30g of coffee, for sixty seconds, at two hundred degrees fahrenheit. The mouthfeel from the Clover was much lighter than in the press. As in the press, there was a distinct lemon flavor, but the Clover also brought out a little bit of a black tea, which I didn't get in the press. This was a balanced brew; certainly citrusy and acidic, but there was depth to the flavor too. As the coffee cooled, it became more lemony but it did not get unbalanced.

]]>"The new covenant"http://dollarsfordoughnuts.net/web-log/the-new-covenant.htmlDavid Robert Wright2010-02-04T17:13:12Z

My church just started a new Saturday evening service.

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]]>Coffee for twohttp://dollarsfordoughnuts.net/web-log/coffee-for-two.htmlDavid Robert Wright2010-01-21T06:43:27ZCoffee for two

I nailed this photo like you wouldn't believe. It's exactly what I had in my mind's eye.

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