When Jesus broke bread, he broke Israel.
With his meal-time habits, Jesus was speaking a new language and introducing a new world.
USAmerican culture has gutted the social significance of daily meals. With the TV dinner and the fast food chains, we eat like we live…with a sound and fury signifying nothing. Once in a while we [...]
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The Chinese have a proverbial question: Is it edible?
The proverb is not about food. It’s about ideas, concepts, principles. If an idea is “edible” that means it is practical, it becomes part of life. It’s not theory; it’s concrete here and now.
Jesus was edible. “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood… .” And, “This [...]
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Jesus at the Margins– Part 2 Shame
Jesus made being marginal central.
He did it primarily by his meal-time practices.
In Jesus’ day the Jewish culture operated on the power of shame. Social relationships were arranged hierarcially with those closest to God–the High Priest–then priests, Levites, obedient Jews on down to those most removed from God–Gentiles, shepherds, tax-collectors, [...]
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Jesus at the Margins- Part 1 (from the archives)
I’ve been ruminating again about Jesus’ life with the marginalized of 1st century Judaism. I’m going to ponder in print some of my thoughts.
We often think that Jesus left his surburban bungalow on the green hillside of Galilee and went into the big city and sought [...]
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One Pastor’s Eye on The Book of Eli
By John W. Frye
[This review was posted on Jesus Creed hosted by Dr. Scot McKnight.]
Who would have imagined a 21st century movie made about The King James Version of the Bible? Denzel Washington’s The Book of Eli puts the 1611 Bible dead center in the story. The tag [...]
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AIRPORT THEOLOGY
I wrote the following reflections on my way to Ukraine. This was on Tuesday morning, September 22, 2009.
I am sitting at a table for two by the railing on the second floor in Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, eating my McDonald’s breakfast (typical American that I am). I look down and I see a pretty little [...]
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