Life Lessons: Humility and Hoppin’ John
Every New Years Day I cook the same meal. It’s not elaborate. It’s not expensive (in fact, it’s downright cheap). It has a stupid name and takes all day, but the reward one gets in the bowl late in the...
View ArticleMy Biblical Heroes: Agur
I have just enough wits to know that I am stupid, which is sort of cruel on Your part, when I dwell on it. I’m not a fierce warrior or a romantic poet or a powerful prince. I am not wise or learned. I...
View ArticleCommon Cathedral
On Sunday mornings, we find ourselves at the laundry mat with the faithful, trying to get things clean. It occurs to me that they are the best and the worst of us all at once: doing the best we can,...
View ArticleKites and Ashes
GIFT You tell me that silence is nearer to peace than poems but if for my gift I brought you silence (for I know silence) you would say This is not silence this is another poem and you would hand it...
View ArticleRodalena Recipes: Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas
How To Please a Crowd: Step 1: Take your shoes off. Turn on some good music. Find a young kid, and dance. Step 2: Boil 6-8 nicely sized chicken breasts. This takes time (let the boobs swim in a gently...
View ArticleThe Workout Diary of a Scrawny Reader
So, yeah… I worked out at a gym the other day. (You’re supposed to wait until I write the funny parts before you start laughing. That’s how this works. We have A System up in here. Respect the System....
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