Last week, we looked at what tools are essential for making cocktails at home, but this week we’re going to dive into some slightly higher-end stuff to enhance your home … Continue reading A Home Bar for $50
How the Sausage Is Made
Back in the 7th grade, we had to read portions of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. Published at the tail end of the Gilded Age, The Jungle exposed the extreme lack of regulation in … Continue reading How the Sausage Is Made
Equipping a Home Bar for Less than $30
Over the past few years, I’ve had a lot of people ask me what tools they need to make cocktails at home. There are a lot of variables within this … Continue reading Equipping a Home Bar for Less than $30
Chapter 16: Final Words to Corinth
Having wrapped up his points about the problems in Corinth, Paul spends the final paragraphs of this letter as he does so many of the other letters: hitting a few … Continue reading Chapter 16: Final Words to Corinth
A Dysfunctional Relationship with God
In the Christianity of my upbringing, whether at church events or summer programs or youth group gatherings, there was one chunk of jargon I could always rely on hearing: “personal … Continue reading A Dysfunctional Relationship with God
Balance
Sweet rum with sour citrus, smooth bourbon with pungent herbs, peppery tequila with light cointreau, lime juice, and a salted rim— a good cocktail requires healthy contrast. I’ve written previously … Continue reading Balance
Failure, Expectations, and Heroism
If you still haven’t seen Avengers: Endgame, fret not! This post is completely free of spoilers. Though I normally see Marvel movies within a week or two of their openings, it … Continue reading Failure, Expectations, and Heroism
Chapter 15: Resurrection
As mentioned before in our discussion of chapter 6, Paul writes to an audience with conflicted viewpoints on souls and bodies: To Gentile listeners influenced by Greek philosophy, humans are … Continue reading Chapter 15: Resurrection
Tongues, Worship Practices, and Diversity (Recap of Chapters 8-14)
So much ink has been spilled over the subject of speaking in tongues, but what if Paul is really using this worship practice as an example? What if he has … Continue reading Tongues, Worship Practices, and Diversity (Recap of Chapters 8-14)
Chapter 14: What Paul Probably Didn’t Say About Women
Jessi and I stared at the verses. We had both read those words in isolation many times before. We had wrestled with them and responded to them already, but they … Continue reading Chapter 14: What Paul Probably Didn’t Say About Women