Every musician or literary master knows that the secret of an award-winning composition is in its ability to resonate. Once you write a piece, you must then let it go, so that others can discover it, bond with it, make it their own.

Cooking works in much the same way. A good recipe is adaptable by the beholder. The idea and primary ingredients remain much the same. But the meal can be changed, dampened down, or spiced up, depending upon the context, audience, and the effect desired. This is not just good gourmet cooking. It’s also gourmet evangelism.

Every time we want to teach someone something about the “old, old story,” we need to find a way to serve it up in a new, refreshing, and scintillating way. We need to present our old staples in a new recipe, give our old favorites new pizazz…