THIS AND THAT

I know you must be tired of my rhapsodies about tomatoes, but just one swan song before the season is over. This is a picture of ….yes! CAPRESE! I just thought you ought to have a look at what you are missing. Doesn’t look like anything special? Well, hold your hat and hallelujah! You just order it at a really good Italian restaurant if you are not brave enough to put it together yourself. If you crave what the English used to call “Love Apples”, I promise you a treat.

Remember Michele and the Night Visitor? The important news is that our social agencies were able to help her family not only to secure transport to the Lancaster doctor, but also to help them stabilize their economic situation over the next six months. I was thankful that our church members were willing to take special trouble for a stranger who knocked in the night. However, the saga does not end with us congratulating ourselves for being good guys. (The Christ would say that we did nothing more than what we were supposed to anyway.) On Saturday I was thrilled to receive a card in the mail. It was a very kind thank you from my new friend. I think the least I can do is invite them to church. What do you think? I think the devil lost a round!