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Bread or Cake 17 August 2009

I can remember when I got my first bread machine. I remember being excited about the prospect of proper home made bread, without hardly any of the effort – simply pop all the ingredients you need into the pan, place it in the machine and press start – what could be simpler. The smells that arose from the machine were equally as enticing – promising the luxury of proper homemade bread – I had a vision of something that was not entirely different from the bread you find in the shops, soft and moist.

I was bitterly disappointed when I turned out this rather hard brick, that was dense and thick when cut. It fine for toast – but it doesn’t make for a delicate sandwich. In fact it makes better fruit cakes than loaves of bread!

Jesus says he is the bread of life - the bread that has come down from heaven (John 6) After feeding that vast multitude with actual bread, he then feeds them spiritually with his words. Yet there is so much bread on the market today. Speciality Bread, Olive Bread, Soda Bread, Tomato Bread, Wholemeal, White, Organic, Wheat Free. Somehow it seems like to be in the bread business today is to be the Master Baker of hundreds of varieties. Are the ingredients that we are placing into the bread pan of the Church varied enough for when we press the start button? Or are we still just a traditional Loaf?