A few months ago, I promised you a second helping of chocolate. So today I’m delivering! This time, it’s a canister-shaped chocolate-brown tin labeled “Premium Milk Chocolate ITALY” in gold letters. It also features a red-white-and-green flag and the filigree-framed bust silhouette of a woman—could represent iconic Italian actress Sophia Loren? My question is, what…
Many years ago as we were seeing a missionary friend off on a bus trip, another friend turned to me on the terminal platform. “Is there anything more typical of missionary life than traveling?” she remarked. How on-the-nose she was, because Jesus’ “go ye” gives us an open door, a travel ticket to the world….
I got a new tin about a month ago. Yeah, go ahead and laugh. But little did I know I’d rename it the Italian Tragedy, and never mind the bucket-list Italian holiday I dreamed of when I bought it. We (I probably should admit, I) gobbled up the packages of puff-pastry cookies in the tall…
