I dabble (some might say I cheat) in the practice of food preservation. My specialty is “Strawberry Freezer Jam á la Sure-Jell,” and it’s pretty tasty on a slice of toast. But I have a deep admiration ...

A friend asked me this as we sat at a laminated table eating big salads in a little take-out restaurant facing a riverway. It was a recent gorgeous September afternoon, that rare kind of day that is ...

Would you eat a banana peel? Of course not! The sweet, nutritious fruit is found inside, beneath the peel. Another kind of sweet and perfect inner fruit is described in the New Testament by Paul.