food

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Dear Working Preacher
Proclaim the Poetry

Dear Working Preacher, Thanks for all that you do to preach the good news of Jesus Christ. [...]

Rose growing on concrete
Dear Working Preacher
God Draws Us In

The Bible is full of stories in which God provides bread and provisions to people afflicted by [...]

bread and flowers on wood table
Theology and Interpretation
Bread of Heaven

The 2020 film Kiss the Ground, narrated by Woody Harrelson, portrays “regenerative farming,” a relatively new practice [...]

Child walking in garden
Theology and Interpretation
Gardens Alive

Where I live, it’s time to plant summer vegetables. The fig trees, eager to awaken early, have [...]

Sermon Development
Preaching While White

Living in Atlanta, Georgia, has challenged this Midwesterner in many ways. Pollen, for one! Even more, experiencing [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching + Poverty

The men’s Bible study and breakfast crew were all over 70 years old. One morning we went [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching + Food

My preaching turned to food around eight years ago when I grew tired of visiting members of [...]

Theology and Interpretation
God’s Open Hand

Several weeks of Gospel texts this summer read John 6, beginning with the story of Jesus’ feeding [...]

Columnist
Deity and Diet

Emphasis on food in many of this month’s readings underscores its centrality for human life both physical [...]