Connections between food, church at Christmas

If Christmas was a one-act play, it would be performed at a dinner table laden with food, wine and conservation.

Jesus would have it no other way, say Christian leaders in Leelanau County.

“Maybe too often we eat fast food,” suggested Justin Orr, senior pastor at West Side Community Church in Solon Township. “But Jesus sat at meals with surprising company, and forced people to orient around people instead of tasks. Sharing a meal isn’t the only way to share relationships, but it seems to be Jesus’ primary way.”