In the September issue of the Methodist Newsletter, Gillian McDade has a dream about a typical Methodist social gathering in which she is confronted with the usual array of sugary snacks and wakes to the realisation that providing this type of fare is probably not a good example for a physically healthy congregation.
She goes on to say that schools ask parents not to pack their children’s lunchboxes with sugar-laden items, so why doesn’t the Methodist Church establish a similar gentle, encouraging guideline? Or maybe as adults we’re supposed to know better? But do we?
Adam- and Eve-like temptation…
