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recipes

Bana-no pudding

Continuing an I-miss-creamy-texture theme, this week's recipe is a dairy-free version of banana pudding. It's not much to look at -- even if a better photographer had shot it -- but it tastes as good as the real thing. Enjoy! Bana-no Pudding (dairy free) Mash 3 bananas (fresh or thawed from frozen). Cover tightly and… Continue reading Bana-no pudding

community

Small towns, here and there

Bringing over the story of a new documentary about the universality of small towns from weelunk.com. Blessings! Nora Edinger   WHEELING, W.Va. -- The odds are good you’ll see someone you know on screen if you attend the Friday premiere of a feature documentary focused on Moundsville. Marc Harshman, state poet laureate, is among those… Continue reading Small towns, here and there

community, spiritual life

Is there a faith/church balance?

Readers interested in balancing individual faith and church accountability may enjoy this shortened version of a news feature I did for weelunk.com. It focuses on one young man's regional fight to bring a global pattern of sexual abuse within one church into the light and toward an end. Just going to the grocery store can… Continue reading Is there a faith/church balance?