Here’s an affirmation
of faith suitable for use at the Table, or in a service in which the primary
metaphor was bread (see John 6).
Affirmation
I believe that bread
comes from grain
that grows in the
wind
and the rain
with the farmers’
help
far from the eyes of
city folk.
I believe that bread
comes from love
the love of [God]
the love of the
farmer
the love of the
baker’s hands
the love of those who
bring it to me.
I believe that bread
can be
and should be broken
and shared
and given to all
persons
until all have enough
and then some.
I believe that Jesus
loved bread
and took it
and broke it
and blessed it
and fed his disciples
and asked them to
feed us forever.
I believe enough in
bread
to want it from Jesus
to want it to nurture
me
to want his life
through it
to want to give life
through it.
I believe that his
body as bread feeds me
and as part of his
body
I want to be bread
for others.
I believe the Spirit
will help me
as well Jesus’ people.
Amen.
~ from Bread for the World Worship Aids II, posted
in Liturgy, Justice and the Reign of
God. http://www.jfrankhenderson.com/pdf/ljrg.pdf
