Comments on: Food II – Food is Spiritual

By: ChurchNiche » The Problem with Potlucks

ChurchNiche » The Problem with Potlucks — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 08:25:19 +0000

[...] Check out his entries on food being relational and spiritual for a little more context. [...]

By: Adam B.

Adam B. — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:26:26 +0000

Lonnie,
Perhaps you could enlighten us, I would love to hear. If you want you can send me a word doc and I can post it as a unique post in this series!

By: Lonnie

Lonnie — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:15:49 +0000

Adam,
You should go visit my parents. Eat with them, and the Native Canadians they work with. You will really see how community, spirituality, meaning, and food all entertwine.

By: Steven K

Steven K — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:18:43 +0000

Amira, you’re on your own to find that significant depth, I mean come on, I can’t even slice bread properly.

By: Adam B.

Adam B. — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:37:44 +0000

Amira,
I put the “Recent Comment” section on the sidebar so that we can interact with several blogs at one time and still see what has been commented on recently. I would love to hear your thoughts on the first post.
I think that you are exactly right about why God uses food to illustrate things to us. If there is anything we all have in common it is that we eat.
At the same time, I find the sheer diversity in how food is used in the Bible profound. There have always been questions about why God limited certain foods from Israel to begin with. Some have suggested it was a health thing but I think that Peter’s vision shows that it was intended to show a line of separation from the Jews and the Gentiles. What can be more useful than food to demonstrate that you are not like me? It was one of the hardest things for the Jewish believers in Jesus day to accept and it is still one of the most defining characteristics of practicing Jews today. Food, while common, is also a powerful force in our lives and makes for powerful images, types, and illustrations.
Maybe we can get more into the significance of eating for sustenance in a future post, or perhaps Steve would like to co-op with me on this effort and write a post I can link to from my blog. A series and a team effort! We are breaking all the blogging rules here.

By: Amira

Amira — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:36:49 +0000

Adam, you’re writing so fast, by the time I can think of a response to one blog, you’ve written another. It used to be one every week…
Anyway, to make the obvious point about Jesus, could it not be as simple as the fact that all His lessons related to everyday things that His mostly uneducated audiences could understand. Food is universally understood on a basic level, you eat or you die.
Steve, I have also been accused more than once of being functional about food, ie not really enjoying food and only eating out of necessity. When you discover the deep significance of that, tell me.