Eggs bring people together.

Inspired by a recent plethora of eggs, a bunch of us decided to make breakfast together this morning. I am so struck today by the blessing of fellowship and food as a way to start the morning, in the form of scrambled eggs, grits, coffee, and homemade jams. As we finished our meal, Daniel read aloud to us a chapter from Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril. It is a compilation of works by a variety of authors, and it has become a tradition over the past few weeks for someone to select a passage and then we discuss it together. Today we read a passage by Barbara Kingsolver, How to be Hopeful. I looked it up online to discover that it's an excerpt from a 2008 Commencement speech she gave. So if you're looking for a good read, I highly recommend it: http://today.duke.edu/2008/05/kingsolver.html.

Enjoy your weekend, friends.