Noun, preserves. Verb, to preserve; synonym, to protect.
What will it be? Jam, or jelly?
Jam's spreadable and's got tang... and seeds that crunch and wedge between your teeth. It also stains what it drips on.
Now jelly's got the sugar, but you need a spoon to get it from the jar to the toast and it has this texture more of congealed blood than mashed fruit. Of course - all the color (and nutrients) have been so boiled away that it doesn't do much stain damange when it drops on fav pajamies.
I vote jam. But why argue? They're both preserves.
Quoting the Holy Bible, ESV, Psalm 16 and verse 1: "Preserve me, O God."
That's right. Get out a Mason jar and bottle me up Jesus! Mash my soul with sugar 'n spice and everything nice! Seal me with the Holy Spirit and label me with a new name so you don't wonder later, when you're shuffling through the jars on a Sunday morning in your expansive heavenly pantry before church, what kind of Christian I am. Umm. Nummy!
Sticky situation: Church
I was in Thailand on PhiPhi for New Years 2009. Beach attired, drinking alcohol out of a bucket, squished in a dancing, pulsing throng, I remember a moment in the middle of it all when I forgot to party and looked around and thought: this is it. This is church. This is the body. United. Alive. Joyful. Preserved.
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