We try, as best we can, to live by bread alone

We try, as best we can, to live by bread alone,

                or pie or cake or sweet rolls.

And then comes your word! In our hearing we are reminded that

                we live by every word that proceeds from your mouth,

                promise and gifts,

                blessings and threats,

                summons and commands,

                assurances and requirements.

We thank you for bread, and for many cakes, pies and sweet rolls

                that inhabit our life of privilege. While we munch,

                give us ears, make us better listeners,

    give us patience with our odd utterances,

    give us openness to your new utterances,

                                we vow to listen.

We pray in the name of your fleshed utterance become our bread.

Amen.

(deur Walter Brueggemann)