Food enough for all

Feeding of the 5000 men plus women and children is more than a nice story. It is an embodied parable about the kingdom of heaven – a kingdom or empire where all have more than enough to eat – good news indeed for the poor and hungry who have come to Jesus for hope and consolation after the death of John. John uses this to reflect on the Lord’s prayer, and on peace. He then invites people to reflect on what the words of the Lord’s prayer mean in light of this and to wonder what kind of country Aotearoa might be if God’s kingdom come, God’s will be done, here and earth as it is in heaven.