אֵל שִׂמְחַ֪ת גִּ֫ילִ֥י
I am indwelled by joy. I am exhausted. I am under-rested. I am ridiculously behind in my final class. I am scraping together my shekels to last through my first paycheck of my upcoming job. I cannot decide whether my love of the classroom and library is greater than my burnt-out will to study. I grieve for the mental illness of a beloved, aged relative. I fear that I am insufficient. I live outside my well-rehearsed plans. and I am indwelled by joy. My parents led a total of 31 Christians, mostly teenagers, through the streets of a Texan town yesterday. 1,300...
Read MoreHow to Bake Kale Chips
I stumbled onto this recipe a few months ago: chips or crisps made out of kale. The leafy superfood is, well, super. Vitamins, good things, protein, and blah blah blah. Read this for more information about the crazy goodness that is kale. More importantly, it bakes up to a very crispy-crunchy snack with no gluten or starch. Brilliant. 1. Wash and dry oodles of kale. Really dry. 2. Chop the leaves off the hard stem and try to keep the leaves in fairly medium-large pieces. 3. Toss with olive oil and sea salt. Alternatives: add lemon juice, garlic powdered or minced, or...
Read MoreDeeper than the Incongruity
In Ecclesiastes, Qoheleth struggled with a perceived gap between that which he believed and imagined and that which he observed and experienced. Much of human experience seems incongruous with itself, and Qoheleth sought understanding. Qoheleth initially concluded that the incongruity meanth that life was a pursuit of futility and hopelessness. Life is the “vanity of vanities”, hevel, he claimed. Yet his final resolution of his study was that beyond this perceived hevel is the security and hope of God the Creator. The despairs of this...
Read MoreFailing at Fondue
The Daily Mail has published an article about yet another retro-living woman who has spent a week pretending to live with the resource limitations of another era. We’ve seen women of the 1930s and 1940s, and couples of the 1950s… today, however, we are graced with the attempt by one woman to live in the 1970s of Britain. Not the full range of retro elements, mind you — no bell-bottomed leisure suits for her! Just the cooking. The woman in question bemoans the loss of her microwave, her bread maker, her coffee maker, her electric scales… and even her food...
Read MoreAbout Lorien
I vote as a libertarian constitutionalist influenced by Hayek and Burke, and I think as an anarchist guided by the biblical principles of liberty. My government is strictly bound by the U.S. Constitution. I have fenced foil in a diaper-suit and run for political office in a skirt-suit, but my shoes were always fabulous. Both dreadful politics and inspiring design are likely to make me teary. and yes. I’m a tshirt ninja.
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