What does Jesus mean when he says he is the bread of life? Or says he is the living bread? Or says he is the bread from heaven? The Christian church has had a variety of answers- and that’s good. The images that Jesus uses are too complex, too rich to be reduced to a […]
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Bread of Heaven
Last week we looked at John’s version of the feeding of the five thousand and thought about it as a collaborative effort, the result of God’s non coercive love, making it a sign of the Kingdom of God. We also mentioned that the Roman Empire controlled access to food. Author Diana Butler Bass has a […]
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