Detox
"Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God." Colossians 3: 1-3a A good detox bath is hot, near boiling. Our bathtub does not reach the temperatures I desire for my weekly ritual, and so I resort to heating pots of water on the stove, adding their steaming contents to my already hot bath for maximum effectiveness. I usually take my bath on Sunday afternoon, when my roommates are gone with their families and I have the house to myself. The burner ignites underneath the largest pot, and the other three sit grouped around it on the stove, like children awaiting their turn. I sit and read, testing the temperature of the largest pot between pages. It's ready. Now, the kettle is turned on, now the other two pots. Wait, sit, read. Now the pots are near boiling. I start