Sharing the stories of how MPLC folks practice their faith By John Berge For most of my adult life, I have been opposed to (and appalled by) the excessive use of single-use, disposable items such as the thin plastic bags that every store seems to have adopted. I bring reusable bags to the grocery store — not only the large tote bags, but the small ones from the produce section. I bring reusable metal flatware to picnics to avoid those plastic ones that are usually thrown away