Status Updates From The Ghosts Who Travel with ...

" Fry the salmon, skin-side down, in a cast-iron skillet, Whisk together miso, mirin, chopped garlic and ginger, rice vinegar, and soy sauce. When the salmon's done, lift it from the pan, pour in the sauce, scrape up the bitd of skin. and let the sauce reduce. Pour it over the salmon and sprinkle with chopped scallions."

"Religion," Orsi says, "is the practice of making the invisible visible, of concretizing tbe order of the universe, the nature of human life and its destiny, and the various dimensions and possibilities of human interiority itself."

"We make pictures of God. We speak in tongues> We hear voices from beyond. We talk to our ancestors. Religion is this act of transforming abstract mysteries into material realities."

"I made tacos by browning hamburger, sprinkling in a flavor packet, and stirring in a tablespoon of tomato paste.' Because I love tacos, lol.