I love this! I'd never thought of baking as an act of spiritual reflection but I get it! I wrote a small bit about the need for reflection to combat the reactive ministry you mentioned, how the habits of reflecting pull us away from needing to do everything then and there but I still need to work on that...
Even thinking and writing about it is a step in the right direction! I think you'd love Kendall Vanderslice, she writes and talks about food and theology, more specifically baking bread more recently!
Jonny, what a lovely piece of writing. I am taken by writings that combine elements of the mysteries of our faith with the "bread and water," or wine, of our daily lives. Thank you for this.
If you have not read it already, I cannot recommend Robert Farrar Capon's The Supper of the Lamb: a Culinary Reflection highly enough. His chapter on wine, and more specifically it's use in the Holy Supper, is one of my favorite readings.
I know, talk about nominative determinism! She's on Insta and Substack.
I’ll def check her out. Thanks.
I know what I am doing this Friday night!! Great piece. Thank you
You can get a starter recipe online easy enough. I’ve found one using rye flour harder to kill! Not sure how that would affect my metaphor!
I love this! I'd never thought of baking as an act of spiritual reflection but I get it! I wrote a small bit about the need for reflection to combat the reactive ministry you mentioned, how the habits of reflecting pull us away from needing to do everything then and there but I still need to work on that...
Don’t mistake me writing about something meaning I’ve arrived! 🤣 I’ve enjoyed reading your reflections!
Even thinking and writing about it is a step in the right direction! I think you'd love Kendall Vanderslice, she writes and talks about food and theology, more specifically baking bread more recently!
That’s a name! I’ll check that out!
Jonny, what a lovely piece of writing. I am taken by writings that combine elements of the mysteries of our faith with the "bread and water," or wine, of our daily lives. Thank you for this.
If you have not read it already, I cannot recommend Robert Farrar Capon's The Supper of the Lamb: a Culinary Reflection highly enough. His chapter on wine, and more specifically it's use in the Holy Supper, is one of my favorite readings.
Again, thanks for this work today!
Thanks so much Duane! I will definitely check those resources out!