Clearing a way for people to intentionally engage the mystery we call God.
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Bread of Life Center for Spiritual Formation

 

Welcome to Bread of Life Center

"The bread of God...gives life to the world." John 6:33

Relationship with God is as basic as bread.  There is no life apart from it. A nourishing depth communion with God is as essential for life as eating: God is the very Substance of Life, not just the giver of substances for life.

At the Bread of Life Center we tend the yeasty rising of the Spirit among us in prayer, spiritual practice and discerning conversation that leads back out into the world.  Our mission is clearing a way for people to intentionally engage the Mystery we call God as individuals and organizations. Helping people connect to and tell their sacred stories in word and creative arts – ‘breaking open the bread’ of their everyday lives – is one of the ways this happens.

Bread-making takes time: ingredients are measured, combined, stirred, left to rise, kneaded, and finally baked. The word "bread" itself derives from the archaic roots pointing to actions of boiling, bubbling, and burning — the processes of transformation wherein one substance becomes another. 

Welcome into the Bread of Life ‘kitchen,’ a place where we come together to give ourselves to the holy work of bread-making, bread-breaking, and bread-sharing.  Listen with us for the sound of bread rising. Come and participate in the life-giving bread of God. “We step out into a new phase of mission with heartfelt gratitude to both DCC and NSUMC for their support of this vision and work.”

 

The Bread of Story

Make our lives bread like you,
strong and soft
yielding and nourishing,
the stuff of real life.
Taking the seeds of story
gleaned from disparate fields,
the corn and the wheat, the rice and the barley,
you mill them, mix them,
leaven with your love,
hold in your holy heat.
The bounty comes in breaking,
each morsel shared
a piece of the hovering More.

        Bread of Life dedication 9/97
         Sandra Lommasson

   

   

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