Posts Tagged ‘Food’

Keeping the Feast: Metaphors for the meal, by Milton Brasher-Cunningham

There’s the story, perhaps apocryphal, of one of the early cooperative space projects by the USA and Russia. Upon their return, they were both asked what they had learned from their work together. The Russian cosmonaut replied, ‘The Americans have the worst bread in the universe.” True or not,...

December 18th, 2012 | Books | Read More

Christmas Gift Guide: For a Real Foodie

I love food, and I love to cook. That is about the only “expertise” that I will claim in sharing this list. Over the past several years, as I have learned more about our food system’s impact on our environment and on our health, I have grown increasingly committed to using food as a...

November 23rd, 2012 | Food and Drink | Read More

Fall for Art This Autumn

As the weather cools down and the sun slinks down earlier in the evening, autumn is the perfect season for museum going. Here’s a roundup of art exhibits in major museums across the country. Mike Kelley at the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon. Sculptor Mike Kelley created tiny worlds...

September 8th, 2012 | Arts, Visual Arts | Read More

Church Hopping: Metcalf Funeral Chapel / Brewery Vivant

Back in April the Burnside Writers Collective had a bit of a reunion in Grand Rapids, Michigan, when we met up for the Festival of Faith & Writing. Most of the time, we work independently, ping-ponging emails from locations with skyscrapers, cacti, cornfields, and rivers, Skyping with background...

July 27th, 2012 | Church Hopping | Read More

Ingesting God

Growing up in the Methodist Church, it seems we were regularly celebrating communion in new and different ways. I appreciated the diversity in approach, as each new form somehow brought out a different aspect of the act of remembrance. One form, however, I remember more for the laughter it produced,...

April 25th, 2012 | Essays, Family, Food and Drink | Read More

Eating, Talking, and Plotting Goodness

Conspire! magazine is a project of The Simple Way and a growing number of “co-conspiring communities” around the country. Each themed issue includes great writing and visual art, all with an eye toward building relationships and exploring “the questions of faith that arise from living...

October 24th, 2011 | Featured, Food and Drink | Read More

No Preaching Allowed

In the mid-section of her ordinary life, my friend Denie, whom I’ve known since before we were old enough to vote, felt what she described as a call of God to minister to the homeless. She wasn’t sure what that meant for her life, but she was full of faith and unction that she had received a bonafide...

June 14th, 2011 | Featured, Social Justice | Read More

Cupcake Countenance: A Brief Interlude

(Editor’s Note: If you’re new to the column, be sure to catch up on all things cupcakey here!) I’m somewhat irritated at present. Hey, that’s an authentic, actual condition! That’s my current state! Not the one I was going for, but honest, nonetheless. Maybe recognizing and acknowledging...

April 25th, 2011 | Columns, Cupcake Countenance, Featured | Read More

Making Ends Meet: Part Four

Editor’s Note: Diane will be writing about her experience during these tough times over the course of the next few weeks. Read Part One here, Part Two here, and Part Three here. We would love to hear from more of you as to how the “Great Recession” is affecting you. I really do...

February 11th, 2011 | Essays, Featured | Read More

Why Can’t Beggars Be Choosers?

Basically it’s all about the gravy. Some people like it smothering all their food. Others want it only on the meat. Some prefer that it cover their potatoes but not come near the turkey. And a few people don’t want any gravy at all. And trying to keep all of that straight just might...

February 10th, 2011 | Featured, Social Justice | Read More