Edible Words

Of course you can. Welcome to Edible Words, and please be our guest!

We'd love it if you wanted to contribute by commenting or posting your own meditations. A site like this only works if people give as well as receive. But there's no obligation - our prayer is that this website will be a living resource for many people and churches.

Meditations are not full sermons. Meditations are not back-of-postage-stamp thoughts. Meditations are short talks designed to help a congregation reflect on how part of Scripture comes to bear on Baptism or the Lord's Supper.

As such, they should be roughly between 2 and 10 minutes long. (A minimum length of 200 words is required.)

Any registered member can post a meditation.

First, please register with the site.

Second, go to the Create Meditation page.

If you get a message that you do not have permission to post meditations, please check you are logged in then simply send an e-mail to the site administrators, who will assign the necessary permissions to your account.

For more information, see the Website FAQ.

Reformed Theology has always seen the sacraments as visible words. Our emphasis on word and sacrament does not break down into two distinct, non-overlapping emphases. Rather these are two mutually-informing sides of the same emphasis. God feeds us by his word, and we hear his word through the sacraments. Sacraments that are not illuminated by God's word are idolatrous symbols; we do not receive the word of God as fully as we might unless we eat them.

There is therefore great value in a time of corporate meditation prior to the administration of Baptism or to sharing in the Lord's Supper.

Please don't confuse "meditation" with the Eastern mystical concept of Transcendental Meditation (or TM).

TM is a practice designed to help the mind empty itself of conscious content.

By contrast, biblical meditation (of the kind praised and cherished in Psalm 1) is meditation on the word of God. It is easy to read, understand and forget the word of God. Turning the truths of Scripture over in our minds, dwelling on their application, picturing life if these truths were consistently lived out, and picturing life when these truths are ignored are processes that help God's word sink deep i