Here’s a YouTube of a church from somewhere attempting a flashmob. Flashmobs involve a group of people assembling in a public place and carrying out a rehearsed public performance without warning. These guys got the ‘mob’ and the ‘assemble in a public place’ parts right, but I’m not so certain about the ‘rehearsed’ aspect.

From Tim Chester’s A Meal With Jesus We need a theology of leftovers. The Old Testament people of Israel were told to gather just enough manna for one day (Exodus 16) When they tried to gather two day’s worth, it always went bad. If you acted as if manna was a finite resource that must …

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