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satsekhem · 2 years

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Porters Posse: Halloween Seasonal Cooking Challenge

Originally, I wasn't going to join in the reindeer games. Even though my copy of the book had shown up on Old Michaelmas, I wasn't feeling very capable of making anything. I've been sick, I've been low on energy, and work is kicking my ass in new and less than appealing ways. So, I decided to stay away from the @portersposse Halloween challenge.

But, the closer we came to Halloween, the more I felt compelled to do something for my ancestors. Think less thinning of the veil type stuff and more November aesthetic meets ancestral demands. They weren't demanding much (except water which is a post unto itself) but I could feel them like whispers in my bones. They might not want more than simple hydration, but it would probably be smarter to do something a little more before the whispers turned to screams.

For once.

I love gingerbread. I have no idea why, but the smell of it makes me think of colder and longer nights, the scent perfuming the air. Gingerbread also reminds me of my ancestors although I can't think of a single one of them that ever made gingerbread or gingerbread cookies, or had ever laid claim to either. But just like baking banana bread is a task wholly devoted to Bes, baking gingerbread has become something wholly dedicated to my ancestors.

And look at that... a gingerbread recipe all ready to go.

A minor confession though. I hate fresh ginger. It burns my nose and reminds me of a certain person who I do not recall fondly. So, the recipe needed to be modified. No orange zest and no fresh ginger. Ground ginger, of which I have a very large amount, was going to have to do. And I had everything else I needed.

I spent an embarrassing amount of time Googling the conversion of ounces and grams into teaspoons, tablespoons, and cups. I don't know why I didn't expect that (or think to mark in the margins the American measurements until right this second), but I found myself carefully putting the numbers into the online calculator more than twice. And then again in another one to make sure I didn't fuck it up.

Yes, baking makes me anxious.

Eventually it was done and spongy. Soft. Hm, the center fell a bit, but it smelled right. Nothing appeared to be burned. I should probably save the first bite for the ancestors... but uh, what if it wasn't fully baked through and I only found out because my ancestors were annoyed or sassing me?

Obviously, for science, I needed to taste it first. And just as obviously that also meant my partner needed a taste too because I'm not going to be the only one eating unbaked flour with ginger mixed in. And science worked in my favor because everything was baked just fine. My partner demanded more. Luckily there's a whole 9x9 pan left over.

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brightgnosis · 2 years

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Porter’s Posse 🍎 Nothing Beats Andouille, Apple, Onion, and Cabbage

I've been poking around the Porter's Seasonal Celebrations Cookbook since I first saw @goadthings / @pagan-stitches and @msgraveyarddirt / @graveyarddirt mention it- though I hadn't actually made anything from it yet.

This year I finally made the jump and tracked down a physical copy for myself right before the sudden mad rush of everyone else to snag a copy- and then immediately counted myself lucky that I had. Especially when copies started to get tight, and the two finally announced the @portersposse event / project; finally, an official excuse to make things out of the book!

The first official project is, of course, Michaelmas butting in to make the end of September and first half of October even busier for me than the chaos it already was. But after actually eating the dish I picked, honestly ... I really can't complain.

I chose to go with the 'Cumberland Sausage, Apple, and Cider Casserole' found on page 184; calling for "Cumberland Sausage (or other Whole-Hog Pork Sausage)" I chose to use a (cheap) Cajun Andouille, alongside two sharp white Onions and one large Red, and Honeycrisp Apples.

It suggests serving it alongside "mashed potatoes and a green vegetable". Originally I was only going to do Sauerkraut, however ... There's just something about a Pork and Apple combination that, to me, screams Cabbage because of a dish I grew up with (fried Cabbage, Apple chunks, and Bacon), and I can't bypass that. But then I decided that wasn't enough and bought Green Beans to go with. Then right before the Green Beans were done cooking I realized that really wasn't going to be enough to satisfy my Husband's "meat and potatoes" Caveman brain, and threw in some instant mashed potatoes anyways.

The result was a veritable Friday night feast for my Husband and I to enjoy while my In-Laws were out to dinner on their own for their anniversary. And I really can't complain about that, ha. It was damned good; the contrast with all the flavors was phenomenal, and the Andouille was the perfect amount of spice to offset all the sweet from the Hard Cider and Apples. And the pungent sourness from the Sauerkraut really helped calm everything down an cleans the pallet when you needed a refresher for a moment.

Thank you both so much for hosting this 🙏 I had fun, and my Husband and I enjoyed it greatly. It was the perfect precursor to walking around our city's local Octoberfest fair today.

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automatismoateo · 2 years

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The Growing Religious Fervor in the American Right: ‘This Is a Jesus Movement’ (NYT) via /r/atheism

The Growing Religious Fervor in the American Right: ‘This Is a Jesus Movement’ (NYT)

April 6, 2022 They opened with an invocation, summoning God’s “hedge of thorns and fire” to protect each person in the dark Phoenix parking lot.

They called for testimonies, passing the microphone to anyone with “inspirational words that they’d like to say on behalf of our J-6 political prisoners,” referring to people arrested in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, whom they were honoring a year later.

Then, holding candles dripping wax, the few dozen who were gathered lifted their voices, a cappella, in a song treasured by millions of believers who sing it on Sundays and know its words by heart:

Way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper Light in the darkness, my God That is who you are …

This was not a church service. It was worship for a new kind of congregation: a right-wing political movement powered by divine purpose, whose adherents find spiritual sustenance in political action.

The Christian right has been intertwined with American conservatism for decades, culminating in the Trump era. And elements of Christian culture have long been present at political rallies. But worship, a sacred act showing devotion to God expressed through movement, song or prayer, was largely reserved for church. Now, many believers are importing their worship of God, with all its intensity, emotion and ambitions, to their political life.

At events across the United States, it is not unusual for participants to describe encountering the divine and feel they are doing their part to install God’s kingdom on earth. For them, right-wing political activity itself is becoming a holy act.

These Christians are joining secular members of the right wing, including media-savvy opportunists and those touting disinformation. They represent a wide array of discontent, from opposing vaccine mandates to promoting election conspiracy theories. For many, pandemic restrictions that temporarily closed houses of worship accelerated their distrust of government and made churchgoing political.

At a Trump rally in Michigan last weekend, a local evangelist offered a prayer that stated, “Father in heaven, we firmly believe that Donald Trump is the current and true president of the United States.” He prayed “in Jesus’ name” that precinct delegates at the upcoming Michigan Republican Party convention would support Trump-endorsed candidates, whose names he listed to the crowd. “In Jesus’ name,” the crowd cheered back.

The infusion of explicitly religious fervor — much of it rooted in the charismatic tradition, which emphasizes the power of the Holy Spirit — into the right-wing movement is changing the atmosphere of events and rallies, many of which feature Christian symbols and rituals, especially praise music.

With spiritual mission driving political ideals, the stakes of any conflict, whether over masks or school curriculums, can feel that much larger, and compromise can be even more difficult to achieve. Political ambitions come to be about defending God, pointing to a desire to build a nation that actively promotes a particular set of Christian beliefs.

“What is refreshing for me is, this isn’t at all related to church, but we are talking about God,” said Patty Castillo Porter, who attended the Phoenix event. She is an accountant and officer with a local Republican committee to represent “the voice of the Grassroots/America First posse,” and said she loved meeting so many Christians at the rallies she attends to protest election results, border policy or Covid mandates.

The Intersection of Evangelicalism and U.S. Politics

Political Rise: In the early 1970s, many evangelicals weren’t active in politics. Within a few years, they had reshaped elections for a generation. A Fervor in the American Right: Rituals of Christian worship have become embedded in conservative rallies, as praise music and prayer blend with political anger.

“Now God is relevant,” she said. “You name it, God is there, because people know you can’t trust your politicians, you can’t trust your sheriffs, you can’t trust law enforcement. The only one you can trust is God right now.”

The parking-lot vigil was sponsored by a right-wing voter mobilization effort focused on dismantling election policy. Not everyone there knew the words to “Way Maker,” the contemporary Christian megahit. A few men, armed with guns and accompanied by a German shepherd, stood at the edge of the gathering, smoking and talking about what they were seeing on Infowars, a website that traffics in conspiracy theories. Others, many of whom attended charismatic or evangelical churches, sang along.

Worship elements embedded into these events are recognizably evangelical. There is prayer and proclamation, shared rituals and stories. Perhaps the most powerful element is music. The anthems of the contemporary evangelical church, many of which were written in just the last few years, are blending with rising political anger, becoming the soundtrack to a new fight.

Religious music, prayer and symbols have been part of protest settings throughout American history, for diverging causes, including the civil rights movement. Music is personal, able to move listeners in ways sermons or speeches cannot. Singing unites people in body and mind, and creates a sense of being part of a story, a song, greater than yourself.

The sheer dominance of worship music within 21st-century evangelical culture means that the genre has been used outside church settings by the contemporary left as well. “Way Maker,” for example, was sung at some demonstrations for racial justice in the summer of 2020.

The use of music is now key to movement-building power on the right.

Demonstrators at the trucker protest in Canada called on God to metaphorically topple the walls of Parliament, a biblical reference to the story of Jericho.Credit...James Park for The New York Times Image

At the protest that paralyzed the Canadian capital in February, a group of demonstrators belted out “I raise a hallelujah, my weapon is a melody” from a hit from the influential California label Bethel Music. Amid the honks of trucks, they called on God to metaphorically topple the walls of Parliament, recalling the biblical story of how God crumbled the walls of Jericho, and to end vaccine mandates.

At a recent conference in Arizona promoting anti-vaccine messages and election conspiracy theories, organizers blasted “Fresh Wind,” from the global church Hillsong, and a rock-rap novelty song with a chorus that began “We will not comply.”

A growing belief among conservative Christians is that the United States is on the cusp of a revival, one where spiritual and political change are bound together.

“We are seeing a spiritual awakening taking place,” said Ché Ahn, the pastor of Harvest Rock Church in Pasadena, who became a hero to many when his church successfully sued Gov. Gavin Newsom of California for banning indoor worship during the pandemic. “Christians are becoming more involved, becoming activists. I think that is a good thing, because the church has been slumbering.”

The explicit use of evangelical worship for partisan protest took root in the early pandemic lockdowns, notably after California banned indoor church services and singing. Sean Feucht, a worship leader from Northern California, ran a failed campaign for Congress in 2020, and then launched a series of outdoor events, titled “Let Us Worship,” to defy pandemic restrictions. Thousands of Christians flocked to his events, where prayer and singing took on a new valence of defiance.

When Mr. Feucht staged a worship event on the National Mall last Sept. 11, Mr. Trump contributed a video in which he praised Mr. Feucht for “uniting citizens of all denominations and backgrounds to promote faith and freedom in America.” Even before the pandemic, he and other worship leaders were courted by Mr. Trump, who identified celebrities within the charismatic movement as natural allies.

Mr. Feucht performing at a service. At events like this, music can move listeners in ways that sermons or speeches cannot. Credit...Jenna Schoenefeld for The New York Times Since the fall, rallies and protests against Covid restrictions have expanded to include other conservative causes. On the San Diego waterfront in January, local activists who opposed vaccine and mask mandates held a worship protest called “Freedom Revival,” which combined Christian music with conservative speakers and booths promoting gun ownership and ballot initiatives that opposed medical mandates.

Shaun Frederickson, one of the organizers, who has resisted the San Diego municipal government’s Covid response and called it “propaganda,” said it was wrong to understand the event simply as protesting Covid-related mandates. It was about something deeper, he said in an interview: the idea that Christian morality is the necessary foundation for governance in a free republic.

“Christians are the ones that are responsible for granting you and myself the right and authority over government,” he said. “Our motivation with the worship was to entertain people that need to be entertained, while we are going to hit them heavy with truth.”

At the revival, as worship music played gently, Mr. Frederickson, in a cardigan and cuffed skinny jeans, urged the crowd to not believe “the lie” of the separation of church and state.

Among the speakers was Heidi St. John, a home-schooling advocate running for Congress in Washington State. She praised Moses’ mother — “she did not comply!” — and exhorted people to leave their churches if their pastors were too politically “timid.”

Mr. Ahn, the pastor, who also spoke at the event, said he did not see it simply as a worship service or a political rally. “It is both,” he said. “My understanding of Jesus’ kingdom is that he is Lord, not just over the church, but every aspect of society. That means family, education, arts, entertainment, business for sure, and government.”

Worship is increasingly becoming a central feature of right-wing events not aimed at exclusively Christian audiences.

ReAwaken America events, hosted by an Oklahoma talk-show personality and entrepreneur, are touted as gatherings of “truth-seekers” who oppose pandemic precautions, believe that the 2020 election was stolen, distrust Black Lives Matter and want to explore “what really happened” on Jan. 6. Most of the events are hosted by large churches, and the primary sponsor is Charisma News, a media outlet serving charismatic Christians.

In February, a ReAwaken event at Trinity Gospel Temple in Canton, Ohio, opened with a set of worship music from Melody Noel Altavilla, a songwriter and worship leader at Influence Church in Anaheim, Calif. “Your presence fills the temple when we worship you,” Ms. Altavilla sang. The music soared in the darkened sanctuary.

In an interview, Ms. Altavilla said she was excited to be asked to perform because it was a chance to “create space for God” at a secular event.

She said she felt increasingly called to political action as part of her duty as a Christian. She recalled a biblical account in which men singing and praying went ahead of the Israelite army into battle. “Imagine if the armies in the Old Testament said, ‘No, Lord, this is too political, the worshipers can’t go out in front of the soldiers,’” she said.

Compared with 2016, Trump rallies are taking on the feel of worship events, from the stage to the audience. When Mr. Trump held his first rally of the year in Florence, Ariz., in January, he descended via helicopter into a jubilant crowd.

“I lay the key of David upon you,” Anthony Kern, a candidate for the Arizona State Senate who was photographed on the Capitol steps on Jan. 6, 2021, proclaimed to the crowd from the stage, paraphrasing a biblical passage about power given by God. “That means the governmental authority is upon you, men and women.”

Standing in the crowd, Kathy Stainbrook closed her eyes and raised her arms high in worship. She had come from Shasta County, Calif., with a group of Christian women involved in the Shasta County Freedom Coalition, a collection of right-wing groups that has included a militia, according to its website, and has supported an effort to recall a Republican county supervisor. The coalition also promotes “biblical citizenship” classes.

A friend of Ms. Stainbrook’s, Tami Jackson, who was also in the crowd, said she had come to see politics as an inherently spiritual struggle.

She said she wanted to be a part of “staking claim” to what God was doing. “This is a Jesus movement,” Ms. Jackson said. “I believe God removed Donald for a time, so the church would wake up and have confidence in itself again to take our

Full article at

The Growing Religious Fervor in the American Right https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/us/christian-right-wing-politics.html

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portersposse · 2 years

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Featured artist: Carol Partridge

You can purchase her work here.

#porters posse 2022 #carol partridge #wheat weaving #corn dolly #featured artist

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portersposse · 2 years

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A year in the country : inspirational creations using Nature's seasonal bounty by Evelegh, Tessa. Check it out on Archive.org.

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portersposse · 2 years

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Porters Posse: Michaelmas Seasonal Cooking Challenge

Thinking about taking part? Reply to this entry - or send us a DM - and we’ll add you to the Michaelmas Posse list.

“The Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel on September 29 is associated with the beginning of autumn and the shortening of the days. In the past it was celebrated as Michaelmas Day and was one of the most important days of the year; by Michaelmas, the harvest had to be completed, and it was also a time for beginning new leases, settling accounts and paying dues”

WHO: Anyone of any practice, or no practice at all, who enjoys seasonal celebrations, cooking, and feasting! No restrictions, if you can pick up a spoon and stir you are invited!

WHAT: Your challenge is simple: choose at least one recipe from the Porters Seasonal Celebration Cookbook’s chapter on Michaelmas to incorporate into your seasonal celebration and share with us photos and/or a write up. We hope you will use as many seasonal and local ingredients as possible and look forward to hearing about your experience with those ingredients and locales.

Southern Hemisphere friends! We want you to participate. If the chapter on Michaelmas doesn’t suit your seasonal celebration needs, please participate by choosing a recipe(s) from anywhere in the Spring section.

While the recipe(s) from Porters Seasonal Celebration Cookbook should be the star of your entry we’d also love to hear about other traditional favorites that you used in your celebration.

Dietary restrictions? We welcome you to adapt the recipes to meet your needs! This is ultimately about you and your celebration!

(Haven’t been able to snag your copy yet? Contact us and we’ll see what we can do to help you access those recipes.)

WHERE: In the convenience of your kitchen! Though we’d also love to hear about those farmer’s markets, ditches and orchards! Be sure to tag your post @portersposse!

WHEN: We are opening up a broad window for Michaelmas. This challenge will take place between Michaelmas Eve (Wed. September 28th) and the weekend following Old Michaelmas Day (Monday, October 10th). So join us between September 28th and October 16th for the celebration and send us your entries between October 17th and 19th. Remember to tag them @portersposse so we can share them with the whole posse!

WHY: To celebrate the season in a way that includes everyone, and to quote Hagging Out “because it’s occasionally nice to be social in the comfort of your own home without actually having people over.”

HOW: By yourself or with family and friends! Just be sure to include at least one recipe from Porters Seasonal Celebrations Cookbook by Richard, Earl of Bradford and Carol Wilson.

Don’t get hung up on Michaelmas being a religious holiday—we are looking at it as a cultural date that has its roots in the past. This is a seasonal cusp!

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Read more about Michaelmas in the intro from Porter’s Seasonal Celebrations Cookbook here.

Check out our first featured recipe here. Get those pickled plums ready for old Michaelmas Day!

Don’t forget to leave us a message here or DM us @portersposse so we can add you to the Posse!

Your friends,

@graveyarddirt / @msgraveyarddirt and @pagan-stitches / @goadthings

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