Time for More Mac and Cheese

Last time I was writing about the different ways people eat m&c, and how they sometimes insist that their approach is righter than that of others.

I have been thinking a lot since then about the mac and cheese itself. About what we who have eaten the mac and cheese (some say we have drunk the KoolAid) have in common. What is this thing we have?

macaroni
A type of pasta in the form of short tubes.
(used by Italian-Americans, especially in Philadelphia and New Jersey) A generic term for pasta.

cheese
A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk.
Any particular variety of cheese.
A piece of cheese, especially one moulded into a large round shape during manufacture.

macaroni and cheese
A savory dish made from cooked macaroni and cheese sauce.


I don't know. Let's go exploring.

I am not sure that M&C is a good metaphor for the Gospel. The thing I am sure of is that the way people have favorite ways to eat it is a good metaphor for the ways Christians express and engage in Christianity.

This I know. It is accepting God's Grace that we have in common. I get in trouble there, but that is okay. The next thing that happens is that someone asks if I mean that those who have not accepted the grace of God are not Christians. I would pretty much say yes to that.

So the Macaroni and Cheese is saying yes to the Christian God and accepting as true the message of the Christian Bible. Maybe that is why mac n cheese is a good metaphor. It is a combined, yet two part thing. Like Christianity is two part. It is hearing the deal and saying yes to it. It is receiving new life and giving worship.

It is a relationship. Macaroni by itself is interesting. Cheese sauce by itself is interesting. But the combination is so much more than the sum of its parts. And so is Christian life.

I think this is going somewhere. I am encouraged, Father. Please continue to develop this in my heart. More to come.