As you sat around the Thanksgiving dinner table recently, and someone offered you something you didn’t want on your plate, what did you say? No thank you. You declined, and your polite "no" was enough - unless Uncle Ned was really insistent that you try his brussel sprout & lima bean surprise. If only "No,…
Thoughts for Holy Week
In Mark 15, as Jesus stands before Pilate, the Roman leader asks him: Are you the king of the Jews? Jesus' answer is sparse, cryptic, and not really an answer -- or at least, not the answer Pilate was looking for: You say so, read some versions. You have said it, reads another. It is…
Second Lines
I just returned from a trip to Louisiana to see some friends. While there, I went into New Orleans to visit the World War 2 museum (well worth a blog post of its own). After leaving the museum, I spent some time walking around downtown, and heard some music playing and noticed people walking down…
Gulping Grace 