As soon as water hits flour, transformation begins. Gluten begins to form and starches slowly release their sugar. When given enough time, gluten forms a powerful net. In the tension between two qualities--the plastic and elastic--the dough begins to grow. When I watch a loaf of bread rise, I'm reminded that the Holy Spirit lives in the tensions of the Christian faith.
Read MorePerhaps it is the resuscitation of naïve hope that leads me to believe that I’m entering a new season with a sense of something stable. I’m unsure if it’s this city or this age, or the circles of people in which I run, but transience has been my Boston norm. Yet somehow I think I can now stay in this city, and I can make it feel like my home. I’m unsure if the walls will fall back down to let in anyone new, or if I could (or should?) fall into routine with those who are already here.
Read MoreThis tension of sin interwoven in God’s perfect creation is manifest in every aspect of society, but I understand it most poignantly through the study of food. I not only witness the tainted tensions, but I ingest them every day. I am what I eat, and what I eat simultaneously nourishes and harms, excites and overwhelms, communes and divides.
Read MoreWe don’t much like to talk about death. In an age where medical breakthroughs extend life far beyond what has historically been possible, death becomes an ever-present fear. Death means loss and mourning; it means great unknown. In a linear trajectory of life, death is the end of the game.
Read MoreI feel honored to be a part of this movement, to be joined with people of God across the country and around the world who are saying that to pick up our cross we must get down on our knees – in the mud of the fields where new life abounds and the manifestation of God’s love is all around.
Read MoreIt started with cupcakes, continues with bread. I’m waiting to see where else it might head.
For those who have witnessed any piece of my journey over the past 6 years, it might look a bit haphazard.
Read MoreRemember you are dust and to dust you will return.
Read MoreIt began with whiskey and water, along with a bag of spicy decaf chai.
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