This post has been sitting in my drafts since I lived in Glebe.  That was about 4 year ago now which is a pretty long time.  I started writing it after one of Geoff’s sermons on eating together.  I can’t really remember the details but from what this blog was saying it was about the social boundaries that Jesus crossed to share a meal with people and all the powerful people he offended to do it in a time when there were so many rules about who you could and couldn’t eat with.  I talked a bit about how much of a rebel Jesus was too but that’s not a new topic on this blog.

I like eating and I especially like eating with other people In fact I think sharing a meal with people is my most favourite thing to do which is lucky because I sure do it a lot.  For my whole life we have had pretty open table and I have shared meals with people from all walks of life.  It has been an extraordinary blessing.  I have also shared at other people’s tables too which is always an honour.  I can’t say I have never worried about hygiene but have always just eaten and now I don’t have to worry much anymore as I think my stomach is now prepared for anything.

It makes me really happy that eating together was something that was important to Jesus too and something that can also be about social justice.