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Poverty is a death sentence
To go without food and water is deadly. And in recent times, we started to treat access as a luxury for people to earn.
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The Art of Softening Hearts
A poem for the family, for peace and hope and love, for the time and willingness to be together, to make things more real, alive.
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Dinner #1
My Mom requested a visit. Not really something my Mom does. But since she’s doing chemo, she’s allowed. Yes, cancer. Aggressive. And to be fair, I offered. So I’m visiting my Mom and Dad. Mom’s other request was that I come up and make dinner. I get to set the menu. A lesser man would…
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Breaking Our Fast
Of all the spiritual disciplines, I am quickly coming to the conclusion that this one is the most important: the discipline of breaking a fast. The foundation of the word discipline is in speaking of common order–and one’s relationship to order. When we speak of the church’s laws and principles, we refer to the “doctrine and discipline”…
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A Wellness Retreat
I’m on my way to CREDO, a clergy wellness retreat. I have a layover in Atlanta and was looking for breakfast. I found a little local grill. I ordered a simple breakfast sandwich. There was a mixup and someone else claimed mine. They invited me to take her (more expensive one). Look at that…
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Not much to say
I am preparing to go have the procedure for which I have been preparing the last 24 hours. I have to say that of all the things on my mind, one shouts out the loudest: I can’t wait for dinner tonight.
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And Another Spoon
Here’s another Spoon. Label Genetically Engineered Food | Common Dreams. Unlike people in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, Australia, South Korea, Japan, Brazil, China, Russia, New Zealand and other countries where labels are required, Americans don’t know if the food they eat has been genetically altered. As it stands, we’re hiding the cost…
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My First Roux
I made dinner for us last night. I love to cook, but have no training. So I watched a video on YouTube about making the perfect cheese sauce and I said “Aren’t those synonyms?” and plotted the opportunity to try it. So then I had my daughter pick out the macaroni for the Mac &…