In the industrialized world, the risks we encounter with food are minimal and well defined, and we understand how to mitigate them. Except when something terrifying happens.
In the industrialized world, the risks we encounter with food are minimal and well defined, and we understand how to mitigate them. Except when something terrifying happens.
A lesson I learned in seminary was to mark milestones and meaningful moments with intentional ritual, so they do not blend into the background of everyday life and get lost in mundane rhythms. Moments such as menopause feel like a life threshold, and they should be celebrated.
A pile of overripe bananas helped me say a good goodbye to my job that unexpectedly ended earlier this month when my entire department was closed as part of a reduction in workforce.
Eating from a narrower range of ingredients which can be used for a variety of dishes reduces food waste.
It’s May. It’s graduation season, and it’s the time to celebrate academic achievement and see folks off to what’s new. This year I got to celebrate my youngest brother Isaac’s graduation from high school.
As Sandra Shenk volunteered at the Mennonite Relief Center in Hinton, Va., during its annual chicken canning project in late February, she recalled the verses that were part of her Sunday school class earlier that week.
Resurrection is happening all the time: under the earth, deep within someone’s soul, for a community.
Fasting is characterized by what we’re not doing. A fast can only exist in the context of being regularly fed. Without a normal rhythm of feeding, a fast would be a pointless distinction.
