Despite what those who jumped the gun back in October might have us believe, this week is the official start of the Holiday Eating Season. Researchers estimate that the average American gains one pound between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. I take pride in being above average in this regard.
Let’s forget about moderation. Let’s throw common sense into the wind. Let’s break out the sweat pants and admit that we’re going to be eating a bunch of food over the next month or so.
If everything we do has the potential to be a spiritual act and can connect us with the reality of God, then I’m taking the responsibility upon myself to equip you to eat your food in as Christianly a way as possible by laying out a theology of food.
So what does the Bible have to say about food?
Quite a lot actually.
If all the stories, discussions, descriptions, and allusions that have to do with food were taken out of the Bible, it would be one skinny book. We could call it the Richard Simmons Bible. Similar to the Thomas Jefferson Bible which excised all of the miracles of Jesus, the Richard Simmons Bible would annoy the sweat out of us.
No one would read a foodless Bible, because it wouldn’t have much to say. Food plays a major role in the Biblical story.
Telling Stories, Asking Questions, Learning Lessons
Looking forward to where you are headed with this series.