Pie… and other important things in life

I had a lot of fun just before Christmas cooking and baking, taking particular pleasure in this apple cranberry pie, made completely from scratch, crust and all. It amazes me sometimes how simple cooking is. This wonderful, flaky crust is just butter, flour, a pinch of salt, and a bit of ice water. Perhaps one [...]

Faithfulness, not success.

Well, I am back from my many trips in November to California for brother’s engagement party and friend’s ordination, Atlanta for the National Youth Worker’s Convention, and then Asheville for Thanksgiving with the in-laws. Much fun, but too many night without my bed! I thought I’d share something I was musing on… It struck me [...]

Carry On…

Look ahead. You are not expected to complete the task. Neither are you permitted to lay it down. The Talmud, via Inward/Outward Thanks, Mike. Good words, and it sort of goes along with the long reflection I posted last night about Sabbath. At least, it’s the same sort of idea in that if we stop [...]

Eternity in disguise

I’ve been reading The Sabbath, by Abraham Joshua Heschel, a book which I’ve owned for several years and have yet to actually read. He starts out with a sort of polarization of time and space, saying: Technical civilization is man’s conquest of space. It is a triumph frequently achieved by sacrificing an essential ingredient of [...]