As you prepare to make this recipe, make sure you really want it. Some of the ingredients are costly and rare. Making this recipe requires significant investment, not just in obtaining the ingredients but to actually make the dish. It takes time, practice, and careful attention. You should also know it has a kick! You may also notice tears while chopping. This is normal, and it will be worth it. Despite the challenges intrinsic to this dish, anyone can make it with the right

Estrangement is growing at an alarming rate in all facets of society. In one sense, perhaps all of our problems boil down to estrangement from God and from one another. Specifically, though, I have been hearing more and more — from clients and from observable data — a concerning rise in estrangement between parents and their children. This post aims to equip you with tools to close that chasm. The good news is we have a blueprint for what works, and we have incredible powe

A poem written from God's perspective to someone who is hurting.

...In fact, brain scans show us that the parts of the brain that process critical thinking, creative problem-solving, empathy, and even faith are almost entirely offline when we are really upset. So if we are to be functioning in partnership with the Holy Spirit in this interaction, we must be calm...

"If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also... If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles..." This may provoke in you a sense of violation. It goes against what you have learned about standing up for yourself, standing up for what is right. That is exactly the point. It may provoke the same in your assailant, and that may provide an opening for God’s prime objective: reaching the lost.