A better Way John 6:35, 41-51 Proverbs 9:1-6 I’ve said before that when God wants me to pay attention he generally repeats something over and over again. And today’s Bible readings have been one of those times. As I was looking at the passages I was struck by how each of the passages presents a different way, a better way. In the Gospel of John, we see Jesus talking to those who struggled to see who Jesus was. Jesus starts by describing himself as the bread of life. He then goes on to really upset those listening to him by saying that keeping the old Jewish traditions essentially led to death. Jesus says: ‘I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die.’ Imagine being told that everything you hold dear is obsolete. Because that’s what Jesus is doing when he compares the manna in the wilderness with the bread of heaven. Jesus is challenging the very tr...