How to Boil the Perfect Egg

How to Boil the Perfect Egg

During our Guatemala Mission Trip one topic of discussion was how to boil the perfect “boiled” egg. (Don’t worry, there will be more in-depth stories to come!) So, I did a little research when I got back and discovered the perfect way to do it, and it was backed by research no less.  Here it is.

1. Place eggs in a single layer in a heavy saucepan and cover with cold water by at least 1 inch. Add 1 teaspoon salt (Salting the water helps minimize leaks if the eggs crack in the pan; the egg whites coagulate and seal off the crack more quickly). Turn the heat to high. As soon as the water comes to a gentle boil, turn off the heat and cover the pan.
2. For creamy yolks, remove the lid after 10 minutes and run cold water over eggs for 1 minute. Set aside to cool at room temperature. For firmer yolks, leave the eggs to cool in the cooking water, uncovered, for up to 2 hours. To test if an egg has been cooked, spin it on a counter. A hard boiled egg spins faster than a raw egg.
3. To peel, gently tap a boiled egg against the counter, turning and tapping to make a crackle pattern. Start peeling at the broad end, where there is an air pocket. Running the egg under cold water is not necessary, unless they are too hot to handle.

There you have it.  You can take that with a grain of salt… or pepper if you like.  You may agree with it, or you might disagree.  But there is a point that I’d like to make.  Having come back from Guatemala, I’ve come to realize that in many cases, churches can get caught up in trying to boil the perfect egg so much, that they completely forget about the egg.  In the United States, churches are all in competition, each one trying to be the best, but what are they doing?
We have become masters at tinkering with style, but substance has gone out the window.  Dr. Vieth, puts it very succinctly,

Instead of tinkering with style, for better or worse, churches need to deal, in a serious way, with the content of their teaching. Specifically, they need to find effective ways to rescue people from their life-and-death spiritual problems, particularly those that are characteristic of our age… (Veith Jr., Gene Edward. Authentic Christianity: How Lutheran Theology Speaks to a Postmodern World (p. 40). Concordia Publishing House. Kindle Edition.)

In other words, no matter how perfectly boiled, an egg is still an egg, and for us as Christians the Law is still the Law and the Gospel is still the Gospel, and we need to be certain that daily in God’s Kingdom we are working to bring people to saving faith in Jesus Christ and to nurture one another in that same faith.  There is nothing greater nor more important for us to be engaged in.

I thank God that I’ve been able to see this clearly in Guatemala, that God works through His Word and Spirit.He does the same for us, thanks be to God!

In Christ’s love,
Pastor Daryn