An evening at the Chef & the Farmer with Vivian Howard
then – icing on the cake – Vivian Howard herself stopped by our table for a welcome and a chat.
Category: gourmet life
Four Photos for Monday #LifeIsGood
living as grateful children of God
rhapsodizing on Southern (all-American) food: the BLT… and peaches… and ribs
I’ve already shared that I believe summer tastes like peaches. This year so far the selection at our favorite roadside
pushing our comfort zone as a spiritual discipline
so many people are nowhere near satisfied, and nowhere close to being fulfilled – yet they are not even vaguely aware of the potential we all have to know God, to increase our capacity, and to live joyfully in response to what is possible!
writing, good food, and the constant tilt toward promise
For us – and I believe this is always the case – the balance is tilted toward the positive, to grace, to redemption, the victory of light, and of promise
all you need is love (and a little grace, and a lot of gratitude)…
So here are a handful of the best photos. Enjoy the balance of your family weekend, share all the love that you can, and watch both love and gratitude multiply.
it’s been a stellar week in my kitchen! #foodie
I am convinced that were created to engage life with more zest, more applied creativity, and more unrestrained joy than we typically allow ourselves to experience. Sometimes we need more than our manageable version of salvation – what we need is transformation…
Christianity without “the fruit of the Spirit” is harsh, bland, and unappetizing
We can push the religion side of things hard, but unless we are really living for Jesus, filled with the Spirit, trusting in God, we present something that is harsh, bland, and unappetizing.
the week in food, and other photos
It’s too easy to become complacent and remain wedded to “the way we’ve always experienced/done/understood…” But God’s love is not only new every morning, it’s radically transformative. We too readily resist God’s ongoing work in and through us.
“Always give us this bread!” – no substitutions, only the best
We lose our bearings when we attempt to satisfy ourselves with what is counterfeit, false, and fundamentally unsatisfying. Here in the west we’re trained in excess, instructed to consume more, and misled by advertising designed to facilitate profit to the extent that we double down on the “more is better” philosophy. In consequence, we load up on what cannot satisfy, hoping that sheer volume will make the difference. But it never will.
