Thursday, May 9, 2019

The Cooking Christ

Why don’t we Christians see images of Jesus cooking, as a sign of holiness, goodness, godliness?  So many times people can think of cooking as a drudgery, mundane, non-spiritual, and a chore, while they think going to church, praying, is when they are being holy.  Well, in the gospel of John, 21: 1-14, it shows Jesus cooking and feeding his wayward disciples.  Not only is he cooking on a fire grill, he feeds them, not as a reward for good behavior and loyalty, but in spite of bad behavior.  So I think of cooking as an act of holiness, saintliness, and service and even more so when you do it for people who are not very nice and certainly have not “earned” your cooked food.  Think of wayward children,  and other family members or community members.  So maybe less time in church and more time grocery shopping and in the kitchen or at the grill will make you holier.  The people who cook for me and feed me are very holy.  And I am bad.

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