"They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces."

[hermionesviolin]

So, I'm listening to last Tuesday's World Religions lecture online 'cause I was so sleepy when I was sitting in class, and I keep auto-inclusivizing. Possibly relatedly, the prof is talking about John Dominic Crossan's idea of Jesus as "a peasant Jewish cynic whose main interest was in healing people and getting them to eat together" and the Gospel of Mark, and when he says Kingdom of Heaven it reminds me of how at Rest and Bread last week, when I served Laura Ruth I couldn't remember whether "Bread of Heaven" or "Bread of Life" was what we say at Rest and Bread. Any of you have preferences (or other thoughts)?

[Addendum, for my reference: unrelated Communion conversation]

Comments

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

I like bread of life better. I'm reading this book right now (which I will post on at one point) that really articulates one of the issues I have with how I was raised religiously. When the whole focus is on afterlife, behaving in such a way that you don't go to hell and do go to heaven and worrying about your state of salvation (which is what I grew up with), I think a person misses a lot of the here and now. I like "life" because that's about living right now in the moment. Does that make sense?