Papa’s Pomegranate Honey Pot Roast
When something worth celebrating arrives, gratitude in my home takes the form of a full day in the kitchen. Today it was a Sunday pot roast, fresh bread, a salad, and cake.
Here’s what was on the table, and everything I learned along the way.
The Most Beautiful One
On the beauty of Yeshua, and why we can’t stop portraying Him in our art.
Learning to See Truth Differently
Working in law taught me to value precision, to look for what can be defined, supported, and held in place. But not everything responds to that kind of clarity.
Over time, I started to see that some forms of truth don’t narrow, they open. And they take longer to recognize.
On Keeping Lilies In an Enclosed Room
A meditation on scent, surrender, and the extravagance of God.
The Antichrist Is Closer to Home Than You Think
"Who is the liar?" John asks in 1 John 2:22. His answer: anyone who denies Jesus as Christ, Jesus as the Messiah. This is the Antichrist. Not the beast from Revelation. Not a marked villain.
Anyone.
That's a far cry from the Antichrist of popular culture.
This Is What Real Faith Costs
Hebrews 11 reads like a preacher standing in front of you delivering the most powerful sermon on faith you’ve ever heard. The first time I read it, it changed the way I understand what I'm actually holding when I say I have faith.
As Peter puts it in 1 Peter 1:7, our faith is far more precious than gold. Hebrews 11 shows you exactly why.
Let Him Carry You. The Work Is Yours. The Weight Is His.
The mountain is real. The work is real. But there's a difference between doing the work and suffering through it, and that difference has everything to do with who you ask to walk with you.
Yeshua, I Love You.
I am Yours forever, Yeshua. I love You.
Formed In the Dark: Carlsbad Caverns
How Reading the Bible Daily Changed My Life
— in ways I never saw coming.
French Strawberry Jam — Developing Intensity
On Christine Ferber, the slow art of maceration as a non-negotiable act of respect toward the ingredient, and baking for someone who is gone.
The Quiet Discipline of Cooking Daily
On the surprising number of life lessons contained in a single sushi roll. Also, please clean your kitchen.
When Life Starts Moving With You
As we grow older, life feels less like a struggle and more like the difference between constantly pushing your way through and realizing you don’t have to push as hard anymore.
You’ve Probably Never Tasted Good Olive Oil
There’s a good chance the best olive oil you've ever had is waiting at a farmers market or specialty shop near you. It will cost more than the supermarket bottle. It will also taste like something.
Life In the Blue Zone — I'll Have What the Centenarians Are Having
The Blue Zone diet is the closest thing we have to a proven longevity playbook. This is my plea for you to stop being original about what you eat, copy shamelessly, and Go Blue — the diet, not the football team.
Eat like someone who's already 101.