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April 2013

April 02, 2013

Knowing Jesus in the Breaking of the Bread

Two friends walk along the road, speaking quietly to one another. They are hopeless. They...

March 2012

March 16, 2012

The Eating Disorder You Don’t Hear Much About

The thing about a disorder like anorexia is that it eventually makes you look something...

February 2012

February 09, 2012

Teaching Children about the Bread of Life

I had a question from a reader last week that I wanted to share with...

February 08, 2012

Can I ‘eat with joy’ while my neighbor starves? (Part 3)

This week we've been considering this question: Is it better simply not to know about...

January 2012

January 26, 2012

I just want to be at OUR table…

While in the magical disembodied world that is the Internet, I have appeared to be...

January 24, 2012

These are a Few of Life’s Crappiest Things! (Reading Ecclesiastes)

Did you know that this blog got its name more-or-less straight out of a Bible...

January 04, 2012

Sometimes Old Books are the Best Books (and some thoughts on writing)

You know I can't resist Robert Farrar Capon. His writing is so quirky (and so,...

December 2011

December 19, 2011

Is Food Sensual?

Don't read that wrong--sensual, not necessarily sexual. (Although it might be that, too.) sen*su*al |ˈsen...

December 13, 2011

Sensational & Salacious Stories & Scandals

One of the most discouraging things about blogging is that posts that tend toward the...

December 09, 2011

When you eat real food, you don’t need rules.

That's rule #24 in Michael Pollan's Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, now out in a...

November 2011

November 29, 2011

Hungry NYC Children and an Advent Project

The New York City Coalition Against Hunger released a report last week indicating that nearly...

November 08, 2011

How to Use Food to Comfort Others

Americans receive a lot of criticism for our eating habits and food culture, but to...

October 2011

October 29, 2011

When Jesus Was Our Guest

The other night we had a fellowship meal at church. The best part was that...

October 15, 2011

a “proof” of true Christian faith.

Early Christian writers claimed that sharing life, including meals, with persons of different backgrounds was...

August 2011

August 16, 2011

Should healthy living be a spiritual discipline?

An essay at RELEVANT yesterday made some good points: first, that "the obesity battle isn’t...

August 04, 2011

There is nothing to eat but the body of the Lord

The poet William Carlos Williams wrote the following lines, made famous by Wendell Berry: There...

July 2011

July 31, 2011

Coffee Cake Communion

(or, the dilemmas of Sunday Coffee Hour) Recently I talked with a woman who's in...

July 29, 2011

Does God Care What I Eat?

Does the Bible teach________(fill in the blank) about healthy eating? There are plenty of ‘Christian...