Jean Leclerc offers the best definition of the gospel you’ll ever hear: “Jesus ate good food with bad people.” Jesus’ dining experiences became a lifestyle around which he formed a school of disciples, such that John’s account of the Cana wedding suggest the wine didn’t run out until Jesus and the disciples arrived. As much as Jesus loved food, people always came first. He was killed because of his table talk and his table manners – the stories he told and the people he ate with.
Dive deeper with Leonard Sweet in From Tablet to Table: where community is found and identity is formed.
