Up to Your Neck

Seriously?



We cats are cute, but this is beyond cuteness..... 

--Zach the Cat

First Chili

 How great it is

To share the first pot of chili this fall with a friend.

Oyster crackers,

Thin spaghetti,

Abundant citrus green tea,

And a bubbling pot

of black-bean chili

Filled us up

As we ate from multicolored bowls
And drank from mason jars
And told stories that made us think and laugh and be grateful.


As the Psalmist said: “Taste and see that the LORD is good.
Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him!”


The Lord delights in the analogy as well as the reality of the table, the meal—
and once again he was present at my table
in laughter, friendship, and hot chili

on this cool evening.