Tag: Bread

John 6:51-58: Understanding the Text

John 6:51-58: Understanding the Text

John 6 is a dense chapter with lots of little episodes.  The chapter starts with Jesus feeding a crowd of 5000 men, (plus likely an equal number of women and additional children), with 2 fish and five loaves.  There are 12 baskets of leftovers.  The 

John 6:51-58 The Hunger Games; Hope; and Bread

John 6:51-58 The Hunger Games; Hope; and Bread

This is the introduction to a sermon that I preached this morning at Park Avenue UMC in Minneapolis.  It is a little long to post as one blog post, so I’m breaking it into a couple of parts.  Enjoy.  Yesterday, as soon as I got 

Book Recommendation: Take This Bread

Book Recommendation: Take This Bread

One of the books that got me thinking about the theology of food this year is Take This Bread by Sara Miles.

Miles has a background as a journalist and a restaurant cook.  She wandered into church one Sunday, participated in communion, tasted Jesus in her mouth and wanted more.  She went on to start a food pantry right in the sanctuary of that very church.  This memoir is a fabulous story of what happens when we get a chance to taste and see just how good Jesus is.  This is not the story that I expected it to be, but is wild, free, engaging and true.

The book is available at Amazon.  Purchase it through these links and I’ll get affiliate credit.  Otherwise Richard and I have two copies and you can certainly borrow from us.  Let me know what you think once you’ve read it.

Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion