There are many followers of Christ in this world who don't think much, if at all, about the connection between their food choices and their theology.  For many of these, there's a good chance they'll be eating a big slab of meat tonight, cooked over a fire, complemented by a pesticide laced salad, enhanced by an Italian Red, and washed down with coffee that was utterly affordable thanks to the rainforest that was cleared to increase the crop size.  None of these foods are seen as making a statement about their faith, but I'd argue that they do.  If I thought it was all going to burn up, especially in the near term (as I've been told it will, any day now, for the past 35 years), I'd join them in buying the most food for the least money.

Instead, I'll be having a slab of meat, a salad, red wine, and coffee, just like them, except utterly different. My meat will be grass fed, my salad organic and local, my wine from a local winery, and my coffee shade grown.  That is, at least, what I'll be eating when my food choices match my theology.  Believing that God's people are called to make God's good reign visible here and now in some small measure means that I need to make choices that exalt health, justice, and ecology (among other things) in all areas of my life, including "what's for dinner?"

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If you’re like me, you tend to watch a fair amount of TV. I am not one to watch any old show, however. I’m a very meticulous television viewer and an even fussier judge of script, color, theme, and character development. Therefore, shows like Scrubs just piss me off quite frankly. Yet, I know it fits a certain demographic. That said, I’ve noticed some interesting themes arising within certain television shows lately. Themes that are theological in tone and nature. The two shows that I currently have on my mind are Fox’s Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles & Fringe.[i] Both of these programs have some very interesting “apocalyptic” messages hidden within them. Let’s start first with Fringe.[ii]

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