This week: an extended study of Matthew 23. Who are you teaching for? The right answer, of course, would be “the students” or “society” or “God”. Painful but honest answers could be “my parents” or “the money”. Jesus gives another answer for the Pharisees: “Everything they do is done for men to see.” How can […]

I reuse coffee mugs. I know. Everyone does. But most people wash them out between uses. I don’t. Not always anyway. I will reuse a mug several times over several days, rinsing occasionally, before I give in and put it in the dishwasher. Often, I will wipe the drips off the outside of the mug […]

We have mint in our garden. Chocolate mint. We tear the leaves and put them in the basket when we make coffee sometimes. I put it with a tea bag and some sugar in a mug other times. I love the aroma, love the flavor. It grows wild, spreading everywhere. We have to pull it […]

Imagine a great restaurant. Wonderful food, fabulous service. Imagine walking up to the restaurant. Someone is in the entryway, the space between the sets of doors. “Wonderful,” you think, “There are greeters even here, just like Applebee’s.” You get to the door. They aren’t opening it. You reach for the handle and start to pull. […]