Prayer: Dear God, feed us with the bread of life that we may live in love and forgiveness. Amen
Reading: John 6: 35, 41-51 (Click to read text) Stop and GROW: After reading the text, discuss/ponder the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Book of Faith questions, which are part of Camp Mount Luther's GROW Time with campers. QUESTION 1: What scares, confuses, challenges, or doesn’t make sense to me in this text? QUESTION 2: What delights me in this text or is my favorite part of the story? QUESTION 3: What stories or memories does this text stir in me? QUESTION 4: What is God up to in this text? Reflection: Lately I have been watching The Great British Baking Show. Twelve amateur bakers compete to win the title of Greatest British Baker. Each round sees an aspiring baker eliminated and another crowned Star Baker, until finally the winner gets selected from the remaining contestants. Their skills on all the baking essentials like cakes, breads, pastries and desserts are tested in each round, and the difficulty increases as the competition unfolds. The judges are set to taste all the goods created carefully by the contestants, and the audience is able to follow all the twists and tribulations with a wholesome twist. Perhaps that last bit of the description of the show (which I admittedly took from the internet) is what has captured me. I get to follow all the trials and tribulations (of these earnest bakers) with a wholesome twist. They are truly compassionate and humble competitors. There are cheers and tears for everyone at the end of each episode. The show is all about food. What we need for life. Maybe fancier than common, everyday fare but it does bring to mind how we are fed physically, emotionally, socially and spiritually with food. Bread. I can bake bread. A very simple Honey Whole Wheat Bread. It turns out perfect just about every time. I once won a Blue Ribbon at a Country Fair for my Honey Whole Wheat Bread. But I would never make it on the Great British Baking Show. Bread. Jesus is the Bread of Life. Love and forgiveness. What we need for life. It’s as simple as that. Would God be Star Baker? That is the wholesome twist to our faith. --Ruth Gates
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