{"id":4381,"date":"2011-12-08T09:17:55","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T15:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/?p=4381"},"modified":"2015-03-13T16:55:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T21:55:00","slug":"a-year-of-christian-eatin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2011\/12\/08\/a-year-of-christian-eatin\/","title":{"rendered":"A Year of Christian Eating"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Craig and Nancy Goodwin\u2019s family is launching into another year of experimenting with food and faith<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

Craig Goodwin<\/a>, author of my favorite book<\/a> on Christian living,\u00a0has launched a new project. \u00a0After his family\u2019s year-long experiment with Year of Plenty<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, they\u2019ve now launched into a new experiment called, Tables of Plenty<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Starting on November 28, 2011 with the Orthodox Nativity fast, our family is dedicating a year to explore the role of food in Christian spiritual formation, one month at a time<\/strong>. Our monthly excursions will include following kosher food laws and eating in the tradition of the early church. We\u2019ll plant community gardens with the Benedictines, go vegetarian with Seventh Day Adventists, and vegan with the Orthodox. We\u2019ll even explore the spiritual depths of potlucks and jello-salad with our own tribe, the White Bread Protestants. We\u2019ll be reading, reflecting, blogging, and eating our way through the year at this Tables of Plenty blog.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Their schedule is:<\/p>\n

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December \u2013 Eastern Orthodox\u00a0Nativity Fast<\/a><\/p>\n

January \u2013 Getting Kosher with Jewish Food Laws<\/p>\n

February \u2013 Eating With the Early Church<\/p>\n

March \u2013 Fasting with the Desert Fathers, Ascetics, and Monastics<\/p>\n

April \u2013 Celebrating the Eucharist and the Lord\u2019s Supper (Roman Catholic Tradition)<\/p>\n

May \u2013 Seeking Social Justice with the Mennonites<\/p>\n

June \u2013 Planting Community Gardens with the Benedictines<\/p>\n

July \u2013 Eating Vegetables with the Seventh Day Adventists<\/p>\n

August \u2013 Harvesting with the Hutterites (and Amish)<\/p>\n

September \u2013 Soul Food with the African-American Church<\/p>\n

October \u2013 Potlucking with White-Bread Protestants<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He\u2019s got an interesting blog post at that site, wondering whether what we eat will be the next spiritual discipline for Western Christians:<\/p>\n

Could food practices be the next big thing in the spiritual disciplines and practices of American Christians, especially evangelical Christians?<\/strong> In a fragmented culture where people have a growing awareness of a disconnect between belief and action, could food lead the way to more authentic and integrated experiences of faith? Given the common ground between evangelicals and their secular foodie counterparts, could food practices be a productive place of dialogue and faith sharing for American Christians who are often lacking generative places of engagement with non-Christians?<\/p>\n

These are all questions that motivate me as our family launches the Tables of Plenty project. For a culture that is hungry for \u201cfood rules\u201d I suspect the church has a rich history of practices to draw from and share. I also believe that evangelical Christians, who are especially prone to being trapped in the modern divide between spirit and material realities, have something to learn from secular and religious food practitioners about the journey of integrating faith and action in the world. I\u2019m excited to dive into these issues in the coming year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

via Eating as a Spiritual Practice: Is Food the Next Big Spiritual Discipline for American Christians? \u2013 Tables of Plenty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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