Kitchen Table Spirituality 57 - Lost Faith, 3

Twelve Enough

A weekly devotional

This week Charley and Jonathan discuss the importance of morality

Again, Jonathan and Charley are discussing the article Is America Losing Its Religion by Bryan Walsh

Here is the apology that Jonathan read:

Last week I stated that in the 1950s it was very likely that the great and wonderful condiment mayonnaise would have been sold in cans. I even suggested that there may have been a time when, on the 5th of May, people would collect no less than five cans of mayonnaise and celebrate with said cans. I realize that I was wrong with such a statement. As much as I would have liked to believe it, mayonnaise was never sold in cans; such a suggestion denigrates the honorable and time-tested reputation of mayonnaise. I retract such a statement and sentiment and apologize to the mayonnaise industry and all of the mayonnaise related culinary delights that might have been offended or harmed by such a statement. These include but are not restricted to:

Ham salad

Tuna salad

Egg salad

Devil eggs

Spinach, artichoke dip

Grilled cheese,

Mayonnaise cake

Ranch dressing

Turkey salad

Potato salad

Tomato pie

Lobster rolls

Cole slaw

Dagwood sandwiches

And … mayonnaise casserole

Now lets enjoy some mayonnaise together…

Here is the selection that Charley read for the prayers:

From C.S.Lewis, A Grief Observed: “Once very near the end I said, ‘If you can—if it is allowed—come to me when I too am on my death bed.’ ‘Allowed!’ She said. ‘Heaven would have a job to hold me; and as for Hell, I’d break it into bits.’ She knew she was speaking a kind of mythological language, with even an element of comedy in it. There was a twinkle as well as a tear in her eye. But there was no myth and no joke about the will, deeper than any feeling, that flashed through her.”

Here is what Jonathan read:

Prayer –

Lord, give us weak eyes for things which are of no account and clear eyes for all your truth.

- Soren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855

From the cowardice that shrinks from new truths,

From the laziness that is content with half-truth,

From the arrogance that things it knows all truth,

O God of truth, deliver us.

- Kenyan Prayer maybe