Food

The Bread of Life in a Gluten-Intolerant World

The Bread of Life in a Gluten-Intolerant World

The Church likes to talk ad infinitum about how Jesus is "The Bread of Life."  Is that helpful language for those suffering from gluten intolerance - both literally and spiritually - who are ever increasing in numbers?

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Thoughts on a Currently Very Popular Guided Meditation

Thoughts on a Currently Very Popular Guided Meditation

It's all over Facebook right now, and folks are loving it!  So how completely inappropriate and un-Biblical is (or isn't) it?  Let's take a look (breathing in, breathing out) through the Comic Lens....

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That #%&@*! Mustard Seed

That  #%&@*!  Mustard Seed

We like to make every bratwurst extra special by lathering it with mustard laced with cranberries or champagne, but in the ancient world, the only good mustard plant was a dead mustard plant.  And one that had NO SEEDS.

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For God So 'Ugh'd' the World....

For God So 'Ugh'd' the World....

Did Jesus want us to find comedy in his crucifixion?

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Icing on the Cake...er, Fishes and Loaves!

Icing on the Cake...er, Fishes and Loaves!

The surprising comedy in the story of Jesus' "Feeding of the 5,000" is really just icing on the cake.  Of course, for many, that's the best part of the cake to bite into!

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Jesus, Receiver of Pelted Produce

Jesus, Receiver of Pelted Produce

When Jesus says he teaches in parables because "those who listen won't understand", maybe it's because the audience wouldn't find his punch lines -- especially regarding weeds, mustard seeds and leaven -- the least bit funny.

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