“The shared meal elevates eating from a mechanical process of fueling the body to a ritual of family and community, from the mere animal biology to an act of culture.”
― (Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto)
ON CHRISTMAS EVE
“O come, O come, Immanuel,and ransom captive Israel. That mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear. Rejoice! Rejoice! Immanuel shall come to you, O Israel.” – (JM Neale)
AS WE GO THROUGH THIS SEASON
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. – (James 1:27)
IDEAS FOR A CHRISTMAS DAY BRUNCH
“Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home.” (G.K. Chesterton)
HEADING GOD’S SIGNS
“Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God; make it deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.” – (Isaiah 7:14)