Recently spent a couple hours with my Chapman friends brainstorming about degree programs that would integrate the arts into the social, economic, health, legal, political and religious realities of our world. An unexpected gift was a jar of Jim Doti's homemade fig preserves, which inspired this recipe. Crispy Fig, Turkey and Havarti Quesadilla Generously slather fig preserves onto a flour tortilla. Stack turkey and Havarti (or Brie or Swiss) on one side of the tortilla and f

An old proverb reminds us, “Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend.” Tonight I had the privilege of spending the evening with one of my father’s oldest and most treasured friends. Dad was a pastor and for years Bill stood with him not only against the forces of evil but against the disgruntled people within the flock whose criticism often posed the greater threat. The two men were unlikely comrades. My father was highly educated. Bill was not. My father was a