The genetics of your alcohol consumption.

You sort of control your drinking. There are clear vulnerabilities, and the mechanisms are clear. There are also, at least in the USA, clear differences between caucasians, blacks, hispanics and asians. The first factor, a lack of alcohol dehydrongenase, is well known. The second factor relates to rapid alcohol metabolism. And the other factors are … Continue reading The genetics of your alcohol consumption.

We may be sacrificed: this is war [Rom 12]

This morning I struggled a little with which text to choose. The lectionary is fairly long and I was drawn to a very commonly quoted verse. One many have taught on. There is little to add: the principle is that we count ourselves as dead to the world and in here to be witnesses, to … Continue reading We may be sacrificed: this is war [Rom 12]