Greetings,

This Sunday I’ll be preaching from John’s account of the “Feeding of the Multitudes.” (John 6:1-15)  After all have been fed Jesus says, “Pick up the pieces left over, so that nothing is wasted.”  I started to think about how the bread of communion is broken into pieces and that in a very important sense our experiences of brokenness must not be wasted.  I read a review about a book that focuses on mosaics and how they are fashioned from broken pieces.  They are formed into beautiful works of art.  As we are brought together through the sacrament of Holy Communion even through our brokenness we are formed into something quite beautiful and wonderful indeed.  I pray that we will be able to be together this Sunday morning to experience that for ourselves.

Shalom,
Jack