I work right below the Space Needle, and school is about 5 blocks from there. I need to go up it one day.

The Public Market, on my walk to school. Really nice Fall day in Seattle.

Everyone eats food.  It’s what binds us together.

Hatred can abound in politics, religion, class, country, but all is put aside when a green curry and a nice brew hit the table.

Food is pleasure.

Eating is the most common, yet most purely hedonistic ritual that one can engage in.

Food is leverage.

Where food comes from matters.  With every dollar I spend on food, I am casting my vote for what kind of world that I want to live in.  Do I buy food that respects the earth?  Do I buy food that helps pay workers a fair wage?

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David Rice is an MDiv student at Mars Hill Graduate school, a husband to Wendy, a father to Josiah, an amazing chef, and co-owns 5 chickens along with a huge garden in his backyard in Seattle. One of the chickens is named Chicken Booty.

100 Words are shorts that I’ve asked my friends to write on various subjects. They are intended to be small windows into how they view the world and experience reality. The only instructions they are given are a.) a one-word subject on which to write and b.) that the short must be exactly 100 words. How they interpret the subject and the form in which the 100 words are produced is up to them.

Kenz and I shot a wedding a few days ago, and I noticed a typical trend:

The photography typically goes from awwwww:

to YEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHH:

And all it seems to take is a little Jack Daniels.

it is only as large as our experience.

the missionary knows it as long-suffering and joy.

the tourist knows it as sights and souvenirs.

the soldier knows it as death and fear.

the corporation knows it as a market place.

the texan knows it as texas.

the mother knows it as children and soccer games.

the starving child knows it as hunger and pain.

the homeless know it as sidewalks, underpasses, and the kindness neglect of a stranger.

the newborn knows it as newness and wonder.

it is only as small as our experience.

please help me to experience it.

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Nate Hughes lives in the Czech Republic where he leads teams that organize and run English camps all over Eastern Europe for teens. He works for Josiah Venture.

100 Words are shorts that I’ve asked my friends to write on various subjects. They are intended to be small windows into how they view the world and experience reality. The only instructions they are given are a.) a one-word subject on which to write and b.) that the short must be exactly 100 words. How they interpret the subject and the form in which the 100 words are produced is up to them.

Note from the management longbrake: My RSS feed is not behaving well. Images don’t show up. Posts don’t show up. Basically, it’s not doing the exact things it should be doing. So, sorry. I don’t know how to fix it and don’t have time to learn how to fix it. It is what it is. Maybe I should print off posts and mail them to your house via USPS.

Thank you if you keep coming back to the site. I don’t think blogs create real community (that mentallity actually sort of scares me), but I do think they can be thought provoking and inspiring. Mostly, for me, they are a wonderful outlet for creating, which I value and hope to continue to participate in.

Paul Armstrong