At least they didn't make the Gnostic move of requiring premium membership to chat with Jesus?

My own best sandwiches:
1. Meatloaf sandwich from Foster's in Durham
2. Pulled pork from a food truck called Capitalist Pig in St. Louis
3. Any jambon buerre baguette I ever scrounged up on a research day

"Resident Aliens" is my usual recommendation; it's a nice summary of his basic argument.

Lutheran born and raised, and you are not wrong!

I own two copies of "On the Incarnation" because I was working on a paper about it over AAR once, and (happily) I could just pop into the conference exhibit hall to buy the second one!

There was a fantastic ice cream place there when Samantha and I visited to see a play at New Blackfriars some years ago- highly recommended if it's still there!

With a splash of elderflower liqueur, you have yourself a French gimlet, which is a lovely variant!

I do indeed! I just put a new batch up on the Paradox Woodworks instagram yesterday. The two in my first photo are cocobolo, and I have pear and olive ones done or in progress too. Tell me what you like and I'll make some recommendations! www.instagram.com/p/DJW2hdbxvo...

On the other hand, if you're at all concerned you might not have enough, I can help you pack a couple more...

Also, here's the podcast where I found out about it (because the history of editorial cartoons is genuinely fascinating and you're the sort of people who like to learn new things! www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...

Here's the source for this image and its commentary (again, historian!): oll.libertyfund.org/pages/images...

Some well dressed citizens gather around his feet to collect the coins which fall to the ground. From the king’s commode fall official documents which grant various privileges and honours to those waiting below, before they rush off to the National Assembly."

"King Louis Philippe is portrayed as the giant Gargantua (from Rabelais’ novel Gargantua and Pantagruel (1532)). The taxpayers (to the right) are loading baskets full of their tax money which are carried up a ramp into the king’s open mouth...

Hey, easy now (says your preacher)!