Omakase
Lyle Enright realizes that creative theology begins on a plate of sushi.
Lyle Enright realizes that creative theology begins on a plate of sushi.
A poem longing for the place of taste
In the Eucharist we have a material practice that makes of us a social body, implicating all our eating and overeating.
This essay, a response to a recent exchange between Stephen Webb and William T. Cavanaugh, explores the theological and ethical significance of food for Christians—what we eat, how and where it is obtained, and who suffers as a result of its production.
In “The Canyon, Age 8,” the poet Timothy E. G. Bartel describes a certain coming-of-age brush with a minor sin, one that leaves him “tasting his new words.”
The one good thing about teaching (I’ve heard there are others–vicious rumors, I contend) is I get to introduce my students to the work of Wendell Berry. Berry is an academic, but he is also a farmer. He is a cultural critic, yet also an agriculturalist who creates rather than just deconstructs. He is neither […]
The collapse of a bridge in Minneapolis spurs author Nancy Nordenson to reflect on her family, her story, and pancakes.
Amy Scheer writes about love and legalism in a Michigan homeless shelter.
After an earnest fifteen-year abstention from meat, Alissa Herbaly Coons finds solace in the stockpot, coming to terms with her place in the food chain and the glory to be found in the breaking not only of bread, but of bones as well.