Researchers recently discovered that, over the past thousand years, the portion sizes in paintings of Jesus' Last Supper have increased steadily. While we cannot know exactly how much food Jesus and his disciples ate in the upper room, our culture knows a thing or two about increased portion sizes. Larger serving sizes in the United States have contributed to the increase in diabetes and heart disease. But while many of us in the developed world are overeating, one billion of the world's people are hungry. Next week LinC looks at how we can make faithful choices about the food we consume. Key Scriptures: Exodus 16:1-8, 13-26; Matthew 15:32-38; 1 Corinthians 8. The hit movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid, based on a popular book series by the same name, tells the story of Greg Heffley, a boy who struggles with the socially challenging and often awkward world of middle school. Greg strives to shed his "wimpy" identity and grow in strength, popularity, and social status; but in so doing, he makes a lot of questionable moral decisions. Next week we'll look at ways that we can grow stronger as Christians by embracing virtues such as humility and accepting responsibility (virtues that would be beneficial to Greg Heffley).
