Flash Forward

I recently read an interesting article, "The Science of Appetite," in the June 11 2007 issue of Time. I am interested in biology in general and also curious about how our biochemistry affects our appetite. Having observed my own appetite and ways of trying to manage it, I often find it a kind of "mystery." Just when I think I have things figured out, I find that I don't.

Appetite also applies to the spiritual life, I believe. So I want to explore physical appetite as an analogy of our "spiritual appetite." What exactly do we hunger for, spiritually? So we fill ourselves with things that are nutritious or with spiritual junk food?

The texts for the sermon are: Psalm 63, I Peter 2:1-3, and Matthew 5:6, and the title is "Discipleship Diet."