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\nTRY this: place a forkful of food in your mouth. It doesn\u2019t matter what the food is, but make it something you love \u2014 let\u2019s say it\u2019s that first nibble from three hot, fragrant, perfectly cooked ravioli.<\/p>\n

Now comes the hard part. Put the fork down. This could be a lot more challenging than you imagine, because that first bite was very good and another immediately beckons. You\u2019re hungry.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So begins an article called “Mindful Eating as Food for Thought<\/a>,” which challenges us to not eat like the Cookie Monster.<\/p>\n

And in case you haven’t yet done the Just Eating? curriculum, one of the sessions is all about food as a sacred gift from God. You can download it for free here<\/a>. Look for Unit 1 on Food Sharing as Sacramental…<\/em><\/p>\n

And if you’ve never tried a food meditation, here are the simple instructions for a Raisin Meditation<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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TRY this: place a forkful of food in your mouth. It doesn’t matter what the food is, but make it something you love — let’s say it’s that first nibble from three hot, fragrant, perfectly cooked ravioli.<\/p>\r\n

Now comes the hard part. Put the fork down. This could be a lot more challenging than you imagine, because that first bite was very good and another immediately beckons. You’re hungry.<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

So begins an article called “Mindful Eating as Food for Thought<\/a>,” which challenges us to not eat like the Cookie Monster.<\/p>\r\n

And in case you haven’t yet done the Just Eating? curriculum, one of the sessions is all about food as a sacred gift from God. You can download it for free here<\/a>. Look for Unit 1 on Food Sharing as Sacramental…<\/em><\/p>\r\n

And if you’ve never tried a food meditation, here are the simple instructions for a Raisin Meditation<\/a>!<\/p>","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,68],"tags":[274,34,332,330,85,36,331,329],"class_list":["post-134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","category-food","tag-faith","tag-food","tag-meditation","tag-new-york-times","tag-pcusa","tag-presbyterian","tag-raisin","tag-sacred"],"yoast_head":"\nTaking the Time to Make Food Sacred - Food and Faith<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/2012\/02\/08\/taking-time-make-food-sacred\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Taking the Time to Make Food Sacred\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"TRY this: place a forkful of food in your mouth. 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