Icing sugar. Salt. Edible herbs. Olive oil. Balsamic vinegar. These are ingredients that can be added after the cooking process to complete a dish. One ingredient that’s not included on this list is flour. Raw flour is inedible. It’s not enjoyable when undercooked, even slightly. Flour is added to a dish at the beginning of the cooking process, never the end. During …

Nestled in the victories and celebrations of 1 Kings 18 are reasons to be bittersweet. 450 reasons. After God won the contest on Mount Carmel, there was a national celebration and surrender. All witnesses realized undoubtedly that the only true god was the God in Heaven. This contest also proved that Baal was powerless. Baal’s prophets were seized and executed in the …

The power of storytelling was evident as he spoke. The honoree, upon accepting a special award of recognition, shared a glimpse of his past during his speech. As a young child, while he couldn’t protect his mother from pain, he did the next best thing: brought her joy. Though his childhood was traumatic, he chose to find laughter through the tears. Until …