Tag: food
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Of Food and Grace
I love that Jesus is fearful. He climbs the mountain and sits down. The needy crowd follows him and sits at his feet waiting and he heals them, speaks of their suffering, tells his disciples his heart is sick. He fears they will collapse for lack of food. Could he assuage their hunger as he heals their…
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Christ’s Keeping
We make this life together, our own dusty prints over the road; our own hands making up and turning down the beds; our own mouths tasting the bitter and the sweet, the salty and the sour; like Rumi’s chick pea and cook, we are each other’s teacher, hitting each other with the skimming spoon, boiling in our passions and in…
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Winter Strawberries
Backing down the drive we see snow and sleet on the cold stones and grass, evidence of winter’s long-clutching grasp on Ohio. We head to church, the grocery, back to church school, and finally home where we hang coats, store mittens, and wash hands. We dice red onion and cooked chicken, slice black olives and grape…
Amy Secrist 