Sip #1 – Read Chapter 4 of Mark in the HCSB translation as Round 5 rolls on
Sip #2 – Read my big takeaway from the day
Sip #3 – Add comments/thoughts/questions in the Comments Box (bottom of page). NOT REQUIRED
Sip #4 – Re-read any parts of Chapter 4 that impacted you
Sip #5 – Come back tomorrow as we move to Mark, Chapter 5

Did you know that today was National Coconut Cream Pie Day? Every May 8th we celebrate a slice of deliciousness made with a sweet coconut cream filling. Pie lovers know a thick layer of real whipped cream topped with toasted coconut makes this pie irresistible. 

Coconut cream pie seems to have begun its delicious journey during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1895, Franklin Baker, a flour miller from Philadelphia, received a shipment of coconuts from Cuba as payment for a debt owed to him. Recognizing the shipment as an opportunity, Baker established a factory to shred and dry coconut meat to make coconut more accessible to American bakers and homemakers. Consequently, shortly after this time, recipes for coconut cream pie started appearing in cookbooks.

#CoconutCreamPieDay

Let’s read Mark, Chapter 4, and take a good  look at verses 1-2…

“Again He began to teach by the sea, and a very large crowd gathered around Him. So He got into a boat on the sea and sat down, while the whole crowd was on the shore facing the sea. He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said to them: “Listen!”

Have you ever sat down and considered how…