i desire mercy..and not sacrifice.

so i've started to get to grips with my research projects for the summer.

my MA Divinity dissertation is going to be in 'A Theology of Food',
and my other 'side project' exploring the future of Liberation Theology in South Africa.
exciting times.

here's a wee quote from the glorious Wendell Berry which i want to use as my introductory quote for the dissertation
"To live we must daily break the body and shed the blood of creation. the point is when we do this knowingly, lovingly, skillfully, reverently, it is a sacrament. When we do it ignorantly, greedily, clumsily, destructively, it is a desecration... in such desecration, we condemn ourselves to spiritual and moral loneliness, and others to want."

i'm excited to explore issues within sacramental theology and the way in which we receive GRACE through the receiving and eating and sharing of food. what is the significance of the most important meal in the history of the christian tradition and the most remembered sharing of food in the whole world?!
the paradigmatic nature of the "Last Supper" needs to be rethought me thinks. and we must challenge our morsel and sip mentalities that seem to have replaced the great love feast.

oh dear. blogs are annoying. plus people will be able to see how incompetent i really am!