A living, breathing, munching, art installation
James Cathcart
August 06, 2026
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Matthew 14: 13-21 (NIV-UK)
13 When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. 14 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed those who were ill.
15 As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, ‘This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so that they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.’
16 Jesus replied, ‘They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.’
17 ‘We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,’ they answered.
18 ‘Bring them here to me,’ he said. 19 And he told the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. 20 They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. 21 The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.
One way of looking at this miraculous scene is as a piece of performance art! An interactive exhibit that makes grace tangible and taste-able. This is goodness you can eat! This is enough. This is for all. Would that God would make more of our lives living artworks of grace — interactive installations that give us something to eat!
Prayer:
Put us Lord
in the way of grace
so that it can’t flow past us
but must flow through us.
Put us in the line
tag us in
give us baskets.
Make us complicit.
Give us the art
to break bread
into many pieces
give us the art
to redraw the lines
of what is possible.
Give us a basket.
Make us complicit.
Make us art.
Amen.
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