Recipes of Home #8 - HEART

 

HEART

Why Bethlehem? Is there symbolic significance in the meaning of the name Bethlehem, which in Hebrew means “house of bread”? The Great Provider declared Himself to be the “bread of life.” (Jn. 6:48) How appropriate it was that He, the “bread of life,” was to come from the “house of bread.” – Russell M. Nelson

 

Claire Pelerine shares with us another recipe. She writes, “This recipe is a family favourite and delicious with peanut butter. I have been making this for years and friends like receiving it as a gift.”

The heart of Christmas is about gift. God became incarnate to live among us, to be at home among us. The heart of the Christmas story is God’s love and the length to which God goes to Be love. This love is incarnate and surprisingly is at home in our brokenness and the brokenness of the world. Love that finds us in our vulnerability and suffering, is a Love that changes hearts. Love feeds brokenness to nourish hearts to act with the love (redemption) received.

In a post-communion prayer from the Evangelical Lutheran Book of Worship, we pray, that we have the strength “to give ourselves away as bread for the hungry.” As we reflect on Bethlehem, the House of Bread, let us consider Jesus, the Bread of Life, and how it is that we can give ourselves away as bread for the hungry.

 

Shredded Wheat Bread

3          shredded wheat buns mixed with

3 cups  hot water

1 tsp.   salt

¾ cups     molasses

2 Tbsp.    shortening

Let cool.

 

Mix together

2 Tbsp     yeast

½ Tbsp    warm water

1 tsp        sugar

Mix together – wheat mixture + yeast mixture

Add 7 cups of flour.

Let rise to double in size, then put in pans.

Bake at 350F for 20-30 minutes

 

 

PRAYER- O God, we give you thanks that you have set before us the gift of Jesus, the bread of life. By your Spirit nourish us with your love so that we freely give ourselves away as bread for the hungry. Amen.

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