In this episode, we discuss Tim Chester’s overview of food and feasting in the Bible. A Meal With Jesus emphasizes the importance of our daily ritual of eating (and the weekly eating of the Lord’s Supper as the body of Christ). We discuss the strength of eating together in the context of hospitality and sharing the Gospel as well as the overall encouragement that the tasks surrounding food-gathering, -preparation, -serving, and then the inherent tidying up have a vital importance in God’s economy.

Links:

• A Meal with Jesus: Discovering Grace, Community, and Mission around the Table, by Tim Chester
• Food for thought: Resurrecting the art of eating, by Robert Farrar Capon
• Bed and Board: Plain Talk About Marriage, by Robert Farrar Capon
• Femina Podcast, by Nancy Wilson