as we are called, in our culture, in our time. Food is one of the most precious human activities, in most cultures an intimate sharing amongst relationships and demonstration of compassion to strangers. 'There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread' Ghandi said in defense of his nation's poverty: so that maybe should be the Jesus food in church? "I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me." Jenny makes a good point that there is a huge conversation yet to begin about the concept of 'sacred' in our culture. And where food fits onto it -- Christians of course have eat/drink built into the centre of our understanding of sacredness, but how does that connect with ordinary/non-ritual eating? Apparently that is suddenly very different when it's a biscuit in the nave rather than a wafer in the sanctuary ten minutes before! It seems all contributors think it's unacceptable to suck on coffee during the Eucharist, or indeed to bring coffee into contact with the eucharistic space itself after the service, but why do we feel this way? What aspects of our cultural background has fed into this for Pakeha christians? And without knowing quite where the unease comes from, can we judge if it's a healthy impulse or otherwise? What does it say about our attitude to our bodies?