Ode to the Potluck Written by Justin Gaynor
I love food. Cooking food allows me to express creativity and the opportunity to enjoy all sorts of delicious cuisine. Eating good food gives my body strength and nourishment. Talking and writing about good food connects me with others on common ground (everybody’s gotta eat!). It gives me reason and purpose in my travels and activities. Food is good. In Gentleman’s Purpose, we usually review a restaurant here in the dining section. As we are starting a new year though, I wanted to re-direct your attention to the value of community. Whether it’s sitting down to the dining room table consistently with your family or enjoying a “love feast” or “potluck” amongst your local faith community, sharing meals together regularly strengthens relationships. With COVID, a lot of gatherings around food came to a screeching halt and are just recently getting started again. In my own faith community, we recently re-launched a mid-week service where we enjoy apostolic teaching and conversation, real connection, we share a meal, and we spend time in prayer. We’ve been going strong for about 7 weeks now and it has been a great time.
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